May 5, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Sarah Karush on May 4.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak is hoping live entertainment, exhibits and a national TV personality will lure people who don’t normally take the train into its stations — and then inspire...
May 5, 2008 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Michael J. Crumb on May 2.) DES MOINES, Iowa — A railroad bridge crossing the swollen Mississippi River at Burlington remained closed Friday, a day after it was struck by a grain-filled barge. The BNSF bridge is...
May 5, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Sarah Gordon appeared on the North County Times website on May 3. Michael D. Guyer is a member of BLET Division 20 in Los Angeles.) TEMECULA, Calif. — From high in his train, driving between San Diego and Los Angeles, Amtrak Engineer Mike Guyer...
May 2, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulates the following on May 1.) SEATTLE — For some Amtrak passengers, taking the long-distance Coast Starlight train along the West Coast will no longer mean having to take a bus. Amtrak announced its Coast Starlight route between Seattle and...
May 2, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Robert M. Cook appeared on the Foster’s Daily Democrat website on May 1.) DOVER, N.H. — Regional planners, municipal and railroad officials kicked around several ideas Wednesday to help the Downeaster train develop new revenue streams to make...
May 2, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 1.) DES MOINES, Iowa — Passengers on Amtrak’s California Zephyr will arrive at their destinations — by bus. Amtrak uses a railroad bridge over the Mississippi River in Burlington that was closed when it...
May 1, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 30.) BEECH GROVE, Ind. — Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in Indiana today, trying to pick up support from working families. Obama and his wife Michelle were talking about middle-class tax cuts; Clinton...
May 1, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jane Engle appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on April 30.) LOS ANGELES — Starting next week, you’ll be able to ride Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train along its full route between Los Angeles and Seattle for the first time in more than...
May 1, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Paul Edward Parker appeared on the Providence Journal website on April 30.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amtrak’s Northeast corridor posted January ridership and revenue numbers well ahead of both last year and the national passenger rail company’s...
April 30, 2008 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 29.) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Amtrak gets the money to keep two passenger trains chugging back and forth across Missouri. House and Senate budget negotiators agreed Tuesday to provide $8 million in subsidies for the...
