January 8, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 7.) SEATTLE — Amtrak has suspended train service between Portland and Seattle due to mudslides. Amtrak says there will be no train service between Seattle and Portland from Thursday through Saturday. Amtrak has...
January 7, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following by Aaron Hotfelder appeared at Gadling.com on January 6.) When photographer Duane Kerzic first heard about Amtrak’s “Picture our Trains” photo contest, he never imagined that Amtrak police at New York’s Penn Station would confuse...
January 7, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Joelle Farrell appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on January 7.) PHILADELPHIA — Gregg Weaver says it has been an honor to take U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. to work every day in Washington. Now, it is the vice president-elect’s...
January 7, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Kathleen Gray appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on January 7.) DETROIT — Roy Gross knows the 120-mile train ride from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 17 will be so much more than just a way to get to the presidential...
January 7, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following report by Matt Hosford and Kate Barrett appeared at ABCnews.com on January 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A letter sent to the Secret Service on behalf of environment activist organizations Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth warns that President-elect Barack...
January 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on January 6.) PHILADELPHIA — To speed onboard ticket sales, Amtrak is planning to buy 2,000 credit-card readers for conductors to use to sell tickets. Amtrak still will require most...
January 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report by Jeremy Gonsior appeared on The Holland Sentinel website on January 5.) HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Amtrak officials said they are sorry for multiple failures that led to a 12-hour delay Dec. 21 and Dec. 22 of the Pere Marquette line, according...
January 6, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Sandra Cason appeared on the Marshall News Messenger website on January 5.) MARSHALL, Texas — In what may be a sign of the economic times, more and more people are opting to travel by train, according to figures released recently by Amtrak. A...
January 5, 2009 | Amtrak, Convention, Headlines
(The following story by Isaac Babcock appeared on the Observer website on January 1.) WINTER PARK, Fla. — Central Florida Commuter Rail may be on the back burner for some politicians during the holidays, but for Florida Congressman John Mica, all railroads lead...
January 5, 2009 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Tom Uhlenbrock appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on January 4.) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Rich Eichhorst can see the light at the end of the tunnel for Missouri’s beleaguered Amtrak riders. And he hopes it’s not an approaching...
