January 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Borys Krawczeniuk appeared on the Scranton Times-Tribune website on January 19, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — They came the Scranton way: on a train. It was a six-vintage-car, one-Amtrak-locomotive venture into the nation’s capital where one of...
January 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Eli Saslow appeared on the Washington Post website on January 18, 2009.) ABOARD THE INAUGURAL TRAIN — On the final leg of a two-year road trip, Barack Obama rode into Washington on Saturday in an antique caboose with the contented look of a man...
January 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Jennifer Loven on January 18, 2009.) WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Barack Obama is promising that he and Vice President-elect Joe Biden “will fight for you every day we’re in Washington” as...
January 19, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Paul West appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on January 18, 2009.) ABOARD THE 2009 INAUGURAL SPECIAL — They turned out by the thousands along the steel rails yesterday, bundled against the cold, waving American flags, toting digital cameras...
January 16, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Kim Bell appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on January 15, 2009.) CARLINVILLE, Ill. — No one was seriously injured today on an Amtrak train that smashed into a truck hauling garbage in Macoupin County, an Amtrak spokesman...
January 16, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following story by John Crawley on January 15, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. automakers, airlines and railroads would benefit from billions worth of infrastructure and advanced technology proposals included in an economic stimulus package...
January 16, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 16, 2009.) BALTIMORE — Local governments are warning people who want to see President-elect Barack Obama as he passes through on his “whistle stop” tour to stay away from the railroad tracks....
January 16, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 16, 2009.) WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural train will stop in Wilmington about 1 p.m. Saturday. The train leaves Philadelphia around noon Saturday and will stop in Wilmington...
January 16, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Leo King appeared on the Clay Today website on January 15, 2009.) ORANGE PARK, Fla. — A little bit of Orange Park will be traveling to Washington, D.C. It’s not a person but a historical piece of railroad rolling stock. Countless drivers have...
January 16, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Emily Cadei appeared at CQpolitics.com on January 16, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Appealing to the middle class and voters struggling against challenging economic circumstances was a central park of President-elect Barack Obama ’s winning...
