October 11, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report appeared at WRAL.com on October 10.) LUMBERTON, N.C. — An unidentified adult male died early Wednesday morning after he removed a passenger window from an Amtrak train and jumped out of the window, an Amtrak spokeswoman said. The incident, which...
October 10, 2007 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The following report by Kelly Hannon appeared at Fredericksburg.com on October 10.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — The Virginia Railway Express locomotive that rolled through the Fredericksburg area two weeks ago was unlike any other. First, it pulled no cars. But, even more...
October 9, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Robert Salonga appeared on the San Jose Mercury News website on October 8.) MARTINEZ, Calif. — An East Bay-bound Amtrak train is expected to resume service this morning after being stalled by downed power lines on the track, the train agency...
October 8, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on October 5.) MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont’s plan to use small rail cars on its portion of the Amtrak Vermonter route may have hit a snag. Vermont has been in talks with a Colorado company about buying a few of the...
October 8, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Michael Ratcliffe appeared on The Times website on October 5.) HAMILTON, N.J. — More than 400 passengers were safely evacuated after a small but extremely smoky fire broke out in the car at the front of an Amtrak train Friday evening, an Amtrak...
October 8, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Luke Gianni appeared on the Daily Democrat website on October 6.) WOODLAND, Calif. — Yolo County Judge Doris Shockley continued the pretrial hearing of the five alleged Broderick Boys gang members charged with assaulting and Amtrak engineer and...
October 3, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following report appeared on the Kane County Chronicle website on October 3.) NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Naperville police officers and firefighters found no suspicious materials after an unidentified caller said an Amtrak train might have a bomb on it. Amtrak dispatch...
October 2, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Scott Marshall appeared on the San Jose Mercury News website on October 1.) MARTINEZ, Calif. — An Amtrak locomotive jumped the track and struck a piece of Union Pacific equipment Monday evening, but neither the crew nor passengers were injured,...
September 28, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Kimberly Wilson appeared on The Oregonian website on September 27.) PORTLAND, Ore. — Passengers riding Amtrak’s Cascades trains between Eugene and Vancouver, B.C., may soon have quicker, sleeker journeys. That’s because Amtrak plans...
September 27, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Chelsea Phua appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on September 26.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Authorities have arrested the fifth suspect in a late-night gang assault of an Amtrak train engineer, according to a news release by the Yolo County...
