January 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Joel Griffin appeared at SecurityInfoWatch.com on January 19, 2009.) Looking to take a more proactive approach to security at two of their California maintenance yards, passenger rail carrier Amtrak recently implemented a new video surveillance...
January 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Peter Hirschfeld and Stephanie M. Peters appeared on the Rutland Herald website on January 20, 2009.) RUTLAND, Vt. — Amtrak passengers struggled Monday afternoon to maneuver ski bags and bulky suitcases through a throng of more than 100 people gathered in the...
January 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Christina Bellantoni appeared on the Washington Times website on January 19, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. is finally coming to Washington. For all his years serving as Delaware’s U.S. senator – he was sworn into his...
January 20, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared at MSNBC.com on January 19, 2009.) NEW YORK — Barack Obama may have traveled to Washington by train, but unless you already have a ticket, don’t count on Amtrak. The railroad said Monday that nearly every train heading south beyond...
January 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Tim Landis appeared on The State Journal-Register website on January 17, 2009.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Amtrak ridership is off to another record-setting start in the first three months of the federal fiscal year in Illinois after topping 1 million...
January 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Josh Margolin and Claire Heininger appeared on The Star-Ledger on January 17, 2009.) NEWARK, N.J. — The bags were heavy. And the air was frigid. But the smiles were everywhere as passengers boarded an early-morning Amtrak train today that would...
January 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jeanne Meserve and Mike M. Ahlers appeared at CNN.com on January 17, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Barack Obama’s January 17 train trip from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Washington is intended to make the inauguration the...
January 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Marcus K. Garner appeared on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on January 18, 2009.) ATLANTA, Ga. — They went to sleep Saturday night to the click-clack, click-clack, click-clack of Amtrak’s Crescent train from New Orleans. When they...
January 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jason George appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on January 19, 2009.) ABOARD THE CAPITOL LIMITED — If trains could run on excitement and emotion, this past weekend’s Amtrak from Chicago to Washington, D.C. would’ve sped faster...
January 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Randall Chase on January 18, 2009.) WILMINGTON, Del. — When Joe Biden — U.S. senator and Delaware resident — was running late for his trip to Washington, the train conveniently was delayed by some unknown...
