April 28, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 27, 2009.) CHICAGO — Amtrak in Illinois say they’re working with crew and other employees on identifying and reacting to passengers with possible symptoms of swine flu. The Washington-based passenger rail...
April 23, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Stephen J. Lee appeared on the Grand Forks Herald website on April 22, 2009.) GRAND FORKS, Minn. – Amtrak is running again between St. Paul and Fargo, but won’t stop its train while detouring diagonally across North Dakota between Fargo...
April 23, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by David Pierce appeared on the Pocono Record website on April 23, 2009.) STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Binghamton, N.Y., just might be the key to restoring passenger rail service between the Poconos and suburban New York City. A feasibility study for...
April 21, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 20, 2009.) BISMARCK, N.D. — Amtrak says it is resuming service between St. Paul, Minn., and Fargo on its Empire Builder passenger train but will have to detour around three other North Dakota cities due to...
April 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Doug Moore appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on April 18, 2009.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — An Amtrak train pulling out of St. Louis tonight didn’t get far before the wheels of a coach car derailed. The train carrying 99 passengers...
April 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following on April 18, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak will commemorate the 30th anniversary of their operation of the historic Crescent service as part of National Train Day on May 9th with a special event in New Orleans, and smaller events at...
April 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Tim Knauss appeared on the Post-Standard website on April 17, 2009.) CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — For those who doubt that high-speed rail holds the same promise in America that it has shown in Europe and Asia, Joseph Boardman, the president and chief...
April 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 19, 2009.) POCATELLO, Idaho — Amtrak has made some decisions that make restoring the Pioneer Route through Idaho more favorable, Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, says. Amtrak has hired a consultant to spend the summer...
April 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Erika Bolstad appeared on the Idaho Statesman website on April 20, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joel Slagg of Boise remembers the delight of a journey on Amtrak’s old Pioneer route, nearly every mile of it. “You go along the Snake...
April 17, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Cathy Woodruff appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on April 16, 2009.) TRIBES HILL, N.Y. — The rear car of an eastbound Amtrak train in this Montgomery County hamlet derailed around 2:25 p.m., but there were no passengers in the car and...
