May 12, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by David Casstevens appeared on the Fort Worth Star Telegram website on May 12.) FORT WORTH, Texas — As the Heartland Flyer sped toward the Red River, the woman in Seat 33 gazed out a window, a faint smile on her face. It was twilight, that...
May 12, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Lynnette Taylor appeared at www.wintv.com on May 10.) WASHINGTON, N.C. — State-sponsored North Carolina’s Amtrak will celebrate National Train Day on Saturday, May 10, by holding open houses at train stations from Charlotte to Fayetteville. The...
May 9, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story appeared on the Duluth News Tribune website on May 8.) DULUTH, Minn. — The proposed high-speed commuter rail line between Duluth and the Twin Cites may benefit from an Amtrak funding bill introduced today by U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar. Oberstar...
May 8, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Seattle Times website on May 7.) SEATTLE — Police say a man struck and killed by an Amtrak train at Auburn was talking on a cell phone and apparently did not hear the horn. Police say the train was traveling northbound at about 80 mph...
May 8, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 7.) CHICAGO — Eugene Bowser recalls the time department store heir and publisher Marshall Field III gave him a $2 tip. For a railroad club car attendant making about $18 a month in...
May 8, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Joe Ruff appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on May 8.) OMAHA, Neb. — Raymond Willis and several other African-Americans in Omaha are being honored for their role in the history of blacks on the railroad — as porters for Union Pacific...
May 8, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ruby Gonzales appeared on the Whittier Daily News website on May 7.) SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. — A man repairing asphalt near a railroad crossing was killed Wednesday when he got pinned under an Amtrak train and dragged 30 feet, police said. The...
May 7, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Meridian Star website on May 7.) MERIDIAN, Miss. — This Saturday Meridian will play an active role in celebrating what led to the development of the city in the first place. Tours of the City of Meridian Railroad Museum and a 1950...
May 6, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following column by James S. Russell on May 6. Mr. Russell is Bloomberg’s U.S. architecture critic.) BOSTON — Just minutes from New York, my Boston- bound train climbs gently onto the majestic Hell Gate Bridge, with the towers of...
May 6, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jay Jones appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on May 5.) LOS ANGELES — Amtrak is offering 25% off coach fare on three California routes—including Pacific Surfliner trains between San Diego, Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo—for travel on...
