August 4, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by David Hogben appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on August 2.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Millions of dollars have been spent and the siding track has been in place for months, but the start-up date for a promised second Amtrak train linking Vancouver...
August 4, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The Smiths Group issued the following on August 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, announced that Amtrak has purchased additional SABRE 4000 advanced explosives detection systems. Using Ion Mobility...
August 1, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the State Journal-Register website on August 1.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It’s hard to believe that it was just three years ago that President Bush tried to kill all federal funding for Amtrak, the nation’s passenger rail service. In...
August 1, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Daniel Gross appeared on the Newsweek website on July 31.) The Transportation Department reported that Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May 2008 than in May 2007, a 3.7 percent drop. The result: rising demand for mass transit and...
July 31, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the San Jose Mercury News website on July 31.) SAN JOSE, Calif. — An Amtrak train struck a pedestrian in north Santa Clara on Wednesday. An Amtrak spokeswoman said it was an apparent suicide by a man who got in front of a Capitol Corridor...
July 31, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Larry Hannan appeared on The Florida Times-Union website on July 30.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — If you want to take an Amtrak train from Jacksonville to New Orleans, it will mean going to Washington first. It wasn’t always the case. There was...
July 30, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 28.) Another year, another ridership record for Amtrak. In fiscal-year 2007, the national intercity passenger railroad carried 25.8 million passengers, a 6.3 percent increase compared with...
July 30, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Chris Dettro appeared on the State Journal-Register website on July 30.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Amtrak, the nation’s passenger rail service, is enjoying a resurgence based on convenience and high gasoline prices but may be held back by an aging...
July 30, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Chris Dettro appeared on the State Journal-Register website on July 30.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Amtrak’s chief executive officer says Amtrak will have five rail cars rehabilitated and ready for immediate use by the end of the year, and U.S. Sen....
July 29, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 28.) AVONDALE, La. — Some scary moments for folks leaving New Orleans on Monday on an Amtrak train. The Sunset Limited came off the track. The train was en route to Los Angeles when a couple of the train’s...
