August 26, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jo-Ann Moriarty appeared on the Republican website on August 25.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With gasoline prices up, highways snarled, and tarmacs congested, America is going back to basics – or taking a sentimental journey – to passenger...
August 26, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Rebecca Cathcart appeared on the New York Times website on August 25.) LOS ANGELES — An Amtrak train traveling from here to San Diego ran out of fuel on Sunday night, an Amtrak spokeswoman said. “It’s not uncommon for trains to run out of fuel...
August 26, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ted Benson appeared on The Modesto Bee website on August 25.) MODESTO, Calif. — Soaring gas prices and summer vacations have pushed Amtrak ridership to a record high in the San Joaquin Valley and across the country. For the first time, more...
August 26, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Esteban Parra appeared on The News Journal website on August 26.) WILMINGTON, Del. — Sen. Joe Biden arrived to a rock star welcome Monday morning at the Wilmington train station, where the new presidential running mate shook hands, shot some...
August 26, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Sylvia A. Smith appeared on the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette website on August 26.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Barack’s the real deal,” Hoosier Mike Fisher told the 6,000 delegates and thousands of others at the Democratic National Convention on...
August 25, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Patriot News website on August 25.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Amtrak, the national pas senger rail system, carried more than 2.75 million people last month, the highest number in its 37-year history. Meanwhile, mass transit —...
August 25, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Alan Fein appeared on the Huffington Post website on August 24.) One of the things we’ve been told about Joe Biden lately is that he takes the Amtrak home to Wilmington at the end of the day. The day I shared a car with him, I saw for...
August 25, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following by Andrew Romano appeared on the Newsweek website on August 23.) Want to know how the Obama campaign is countering Biden’s ‘Creature of Washington’ image? One word (or, you know, talking point): Amtrak. Linda Douglass, Obama campaign...
August 22, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Richard Irwin appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on August 22.) BALTIMORE — An Amtrak employee who died Wednesday after he was struck by an Acela Express train has been identified as a Baltimore County resident, a railroad spokeswoman said...
August 22, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Merced Sun-Star website on August 22.) MERCED, Calif. — The best news in Valley transportation matters is not the recent decline in gas prices, welcome as that is. The San Joaquins, Amtrak’s Valley passenger train...
