July 8, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Shelley Widhalm appeared on the Loveland Reporter-Herald website on July 7, 2009.) LOVELAND, Colo. — Loveland could become a stop on a proposed Amtrak rail line that would revive the Pioneer passenger train service linking Denver to the Pacific...
July 8, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Robert Stern appeared on the Times of Trenton website on July 8, 2009.) HAMILTON, N.J. — The integrity of an aging railroad bridge that crosses Nottingham Way is under scrutiny because concrete structures at its base have gaping holes and...
July 8, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Matt Sutkoski appeared on the Burlington Free Press website on July 7, 2009.) BURLINGTON, Vt. — Twenty-five years ago today, disaster unfolded on the railroad tracks on low, swampy ground in Williston. The Amtrak Montrealer with 294 passengers...
July 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 5, 2009.) OAKLAND, Calif. — Amtrak officials say another person has been killed by a train in Oakland, the third reported death in the area in the past three days. The death on Sunday morning came after Amtrak...
July 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Amy Renczkowski appeared on The Day website on July 6, 2009.) EAST LYME, Conn. — Amtrak will need about 4,300 truckloads of sand to replenish the beach it will damage when it replaces the Niantic River Bridge. Amtrak officials plan to haul in...
July 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jennifer Sullivan appeared on the Seattle Times website on July 3, 2009.) SEATTLE, Wash. — The Canadian government announced today that Amtrak has been cleared for a second daily service between Seattle and Vancouver. The trains will begin next...
July 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by David Eggert on July 3, 2009.) LANSING, Mich. — Michigan may cut subsidies that keep Amtrak running along two of its three passenger rail lines in the state, a move critics say sends the wrong message as...
July 2, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The City of Laguna Niguel issued the following on July 1, 2009.) LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — The City of Laguna Niguel and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department have been taking steps to discourage attendance at the anticipated Amtrak Mooning event on Saturday...
July 2, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 1, 2009.) Following last week’s outcry by Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that Amtrak provide information regarding the “unexpected” retirement of...
July 1, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 30, 2009.) On June 29, Amtrak launched construction on a $12 million station renovation project in Lancaster, Pa. To be completed in partnership with the city of Lancaster, Lancaster County and...
