November 21, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Sarah Karush on November 20.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak has restored its credibility and is not the financial basket case it was five years ago, the national passenger railroad’s outgoing chairman said. But...
November 20, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on November 19.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak says a break in an electrical wire near a Hudson River tunnel caused yesterday’s problems on the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak spokesman Cliff Black says the break happened...
November 19, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Register-Guard website on November 17.) EUGENE, Ore. — President Bush has done his best to pound a rusty spike through the heart of Amtrak, but Congress finally appears willing to sharply increase its support for the...
November 19, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on November 18.) ONTARIO, Ore. — The Amtrak appropriations bill in Congress calls for a study of restoring its Pioneer Route, which traveled through the Columbia Gorge and Eastern Oregon until it was shut down in 1997....
November 19, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on November 16.) Amtrak recently named Donna McLean chairman to succeed David Laney, who will remain a board member until his term expires later this month. Appointed to the national intercity passenger...
November 16, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on November 16.) PHILADELPHIA — The House should support enthusiastically a Senate bill that provides Amtrak with more stable funding and seeks to make the passenger rail network more efficient....
November 16, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report appeared on the Peoria Journal-Star website on November 16.) MACOMB, Ill. — Former Macomb Mayor Tom Carper has been nominated by President Bush to serve on the Amtrak board of directors. Carper was initially recommended to the president and to...
November 15, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on November 15.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — After years — decades, actually — of underfunding the nation’s passenger rail service, it looks as if Congress is on the verge of doing right by Amtrak....
November 15, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Carla Williams appeared on the Minot Daily News website on November 14.) MINOT, N.D. — Nationally, Amtrak ridership in fiscal year 2007 increased to 25,847,531, marking the fifth consecutive year of gains and setting a record for the most...
November 15, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Bernard Harris appeared on the Lancaster New Era website on November 14.) LANCASTER, Pa. — As the price of gas continues to climb, more people are taking the train. Amtrak ridership from the Lancaster station rose 14 percent in the fiscal year...
