May 29, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 28.) Amtrak and the Transportation Communications Union (TCU) recently reached tentative agreements covering clerks, onboard service workers and product line supervisors. Extending from Jan. 1,...
May 29, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ed Tibbetts appeared on the Quad City Times website on May 27.) DAVENPORT, Iowa — Iowa and Illinois lawmakers are asking that Amtrak move quickly to prepare rail cars in the event Amtrak connections between Chicago and Iowa are built. U.S....
May 28, 2008 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 28.) JACKSON, Miss. — An Amtrak passenger train collided with a garbage truck on a rural stretch of central Mississippi track on Tuesday, injuring at least seven people, authorities said. A fire broke out after the...
May 27, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Theresa Novak appeared on the Gazette-Times website on May 25.) CORVALLIS, Ore. — This past week brought yet more bad news for those of us who have lamented how air travel increasingly means more money and hassle and less fun. To wit: American...
May 27, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 23.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Amtrak is temporarily canceling two trains along its St. Louis-to-Chicago corridor and modifying the schedules for others to accommodate track repairs. Railroad officials say the changes...
May 27, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 26.) CHICAGO — Mascots have always occupied a special place in transportation, perhaps because they appeal to the child in all of us and the infantile tendencies in some of us....
May 27, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by James P. Repass appeared on the Hartford Courant website on May 25. Mr. RePass is president and chief executive officer of the National Corridors Initiative.) HARTFORD, Conn. — Amtrak, the nation’s publicly owned passenger rail system,...
May 27, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 24.) CINCINNATI, Ohio — American Financial Group says in a lawsuit that Amtrak stopped trying to buy back shares of its stock and has made itself worthless. Cincinnati-based American Financial Group has sued Amtrak...
May 23, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Kenneth Lowe appeared on the Bloomington Pantagraph website on May 22.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Passenger rail service in Illinois is stronger than ever, but efforts to connect the Quad-Cities with Chicago via Amtrak will hinge on the passage of a...
May 23, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 22.) CHICAGO — Amtrak ridership on the three fastest-growing routes serving Illinois increased by an average of more than half in fiscal 2007, state lawmakers were told. Ridership on the Chicago-to-St....
