December 23, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Aimee Green appeared on The Oregonian website on December 22.) PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of Greyhound passengers have been stranded in Portland, and many settled in Monday for a third night of sleeping on the station’s tile floors. Snow...
December 23, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 22.) SEATTLE — Heavy snow is still curtailing passenger train service in the Pacific Northwest. Amtrak’s Cascades service remained shut down Monday between Eugene, Ore., and Vancouver, British Columbia....
December 23, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Katharine Q. Seelye appeared on the New York Times website on December 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is adding extra trains to go in and out of Washington on Inauguration Day. The trains will be added on the Northeast Corridor between...
December 22, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Kerri Westenberg appeared on the Minneapolis Star Tribune website on December 19.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — In the lounge car of the Empire Builder, Amtrak’s popular train that runs between Chicago and Seattle, a Mennonite family of five...
December 22, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Noah Bierman appeared on the Boston Globe website on December 21.) BOSTON — The e-mail sounded so desperate, so needy, so pathetic. “Please help us – we’re suffering the ill effects of loneliness . . . and are collectively...
December 22, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Rick Bella appeared on The Oregonian website on December 20.) PORTLAND, Ore. — Amtrak’s Coast Starlight trains are ready to roll, after being stuck in Portland because of weather-related problems. Cliff Cole, Amtrak spokesman, said the...
December 22, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 21.) RALEIGH, N.C. — Amtrak is enjoying success in North Carolina, but it’s causing problems for one of its busiest – and smallest – stations in the Southeast. The News & Observer of...
December 22, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Gene Johnson on December 21.) SEATTLE — A blast of winter in the nation’s northern tier stranded travelers far and wide Sunday just a few days before Christmas, with dozens of flights delayed or canceled...
December 22, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Ben Nuckols on December 21.) ABOARD AMTRAK 181 NORTHEAST REGIONAL — The centuries-old right of way between Philadelphia and Washington is marked by shimmering waterways and industrial sprawl, well-kept suburbs...
December 19, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Josh Landis appeared on the WCBSTV website on December 18.) NEW YORK — It was the shoe seen around the world. When President Bush ducked an Iraqi reporter’s footwear, a man in Queens got an idea. The transit rider wanted to grab the...
