March 27, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Martin Finucane appeared on the Boston Globe website on March 27, 2009.) BOSTON — “They are a part of America’s history,” Darlene Abubakar of Amtrak said in a statement. “Amtrak wants to find these extraordinary...
March 27, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Don Stacom appeared on The Hartford Courant on March 27, 2009.) HARTFORD, Conn. — Amtrak will pump about 10 percent of its entire $1.3 billion stimulus aid into repairing or replacing bridges along the eastern Connecticut shoreline. Two weeks...
March 26, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Andrea Johnson appeared on the Minot Daily News website on March 25, 2009.) MINOT, N.D. — Amtrak service to Grand Forks, Devils Lake, and Rugby has been derailed for at least the next two to three weeks due to flooding in the Red River Valley....
March 26, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 25, 2009.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amtrak is investing $3.4 million in Rhode Island for security improvements and facility upgrades. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, both Rhode Island Democrats, announced the...
March 26, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 25, 2009.) CHICAGO — Amtrak in Illinois will receive $80 million in federal stimulus money to modernize train repair centers as well as to improve security and wheelchair accessibility. That’s according to...
March 26, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on March 26, 2009.) CHICAGO — Long-awaited upgrades to passenger rail stations and train repair facilities totaling $80 million will be invested in Amtrak’s Illinois operations,...
March 26, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 25, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak says thousands of employees who worked for years under an outdated contract will soon receive a remaining $145 million in back pay. Amtrak agreed to pay the unionized workers...
March 25, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Lois Evezich appeared on The Orange County Register website on March 24, 2009.) LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — Police hope to have a tighter rein on things when it’s time for the annual mooning of the Amtrak train in July. For 30 years, crowds...
March 25, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Howard French appeared on the Journal-Enquirer website on March 24, 2009.) MANCHESTER, Conn. — As part of its ongoing commemoration of the contributions of Pullman porters to the development of the nation’s passenger railroad, Amtrak is...
March 25, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Minneapolis Star-Tribune website on March 24, 2009.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Amtrak says it’s detouring its Empire Builder around three North Dakota communities for at least a week because of flooding. Spokesman Marc Magliari says the...
