August 22, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 21.) ROCKINGHAM, Vt. — With repairs to the Bellows Falls rail tunnel nearly complete, Amtrak was able to get passengers of its Vermonter service out of buses and back onto the rails today. Service had been...
August 20, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Debbi Snook appeared on the Plain Dealer website on August 19.) CLEVELAND, — Margie O’Connor of Concord had not been on an Amtrak train in 18 years, the whole time she had lived in Ohio. But one day this summer, she stood on the downtown...
August 20, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Maine Governor’s office issued the following on August 17.) PORTLAND, Maine — Maine Governor John E. Baldacci joined officials today at the Amtrak station for a ceremony celebrating the expansion of the Downeaster passenger rail service. Starting today, Amtrak...
August 17, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story appeared on the Times Ledger website on August 17.) ASTORIA, N.Y. — Amtrak officials said that a 16-year-old boy was in critical condition Saturday after being electrocuted while trespassing in a rail yard operated by the company. The boy and two...
August 16, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following Letter to the Editor appeared on the Free Lance-Star website on August 16. Doug Riddell is a member of BLET Division 14 in Washington, D.C.) FREDERICSBURG, Va. — This is in response to Charles Cooper’s letter to the editor [“Amtrak has more...
August 16, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story appeared on the Times Argus website on August 15) MONTPELIER, Vt. — Service for Amtrak’s Vermonter train between St. Albans and Springfield, Mass., will be disrupted between August 17 and August 21 so work crews can make improvements related to...
August 16, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(GateHouse News Service circulated this story by John H. Croessman on August 15.) ELKVILLE, Ill. — Amtrak passengers traveling from Carbondale to Chicago were delayed by more than an hour after an Amtrak train hit the front end of a coal truck at a crossing south of...
August 14, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Christina Jewett appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on August 14.) SACRAMENTO — Five alleged members of the Broderick Boys street gang were arraigned Monday on charges that they stopped an Amtrak train in April and attempted to rob and kill...
August 10, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Alan Zibel on August 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The morning train ride between New York and Washington just got 10 minutes shorter. Amtrak recently began offering once-a-day Acela Express service between the two...
August 7, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 7.) PORTLAND, Ore. — Using substitute equipment, Amtrak restored about half its Cascades route Monday between Eugene and Vancouver, British Columbia, and planned to restore service fully by Thursday, a...
