April 13, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ted Jackovics appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on April 13, 2009.) TAMPA, Fla. — Despite a nationwide decline in Amtrak ridership, business on the train that serves Tampa on the New York-Miami route increased 7.1 percent in February...
April 9, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Larry Hannan appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on April 9, 2009.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Sunset Limited Amtrak Route from Orlando to New Orleans has been gone since Hurricane Katrina damaged the CSX train tracks in 2005. But after...
April 8, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Tony Barboza appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on April 7, 2009.) LOS ANGELES — The full moon has become the Full Monty — and now Laguna Niguel is trying to cover up the thousands who bare all (or at least some) during an annual summer...
April 8, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following on April 7, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Idol Judge, Randy Jackson will join Amtrak in celebrating America’s love for rail travel and act as celebrity headliner at the second annual National Train Day, May 9, 2009. Marking 140...
April 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 4, 2009.) FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Hundreds of people turned out to show an Amtrak official their support for restoring passenger train service in Fort Wayne. The rally was held Friday at the Baker Street Station,...
April 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Nancy H. Gonter appeared on The Republican website on April 6, 2009.) PALMER, Mass. — Town officials are working to resurrect Palmer’s railroad heritage. The Redevelopment Authority is moving forward with an effort to get Amtrak trains to...
April 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 4, 2009.) BISMARCK, N.D. — Amtrak says it has resumed service to Grand Forks, Devils Lake and Rugby. Amtrak earlier had detoured its Empire Builder around the three North Dakota communities because of flooding....
April 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jennifer 8. Lee appeared on the New York Times website on April 3, 2009.) NEW YORK — For more than a century, Pullman porters were a part of luxury American train travel until the pressures of jet and car travel started the demise of high-end...
April 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Carrie Marfitano appeared on The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel website on April 4, 2009.) GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — When the eastbound Amtrak train pulled into the Grand Junction station Thursday morning, Jan Nettler had enough time to get off to...
April 3, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Michael Levenson appeared on the Boston Globe Staff website on April 3, 2009.) BOSTON — Just the words sleeper car are enough to conjure images of train travel at its most romantic, when a trip on the rails meant rubbing elbows with men in...
