July 24, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 23.) PORTLAND, Maine — The Amtrak Downeaster train will soon be adding new and faster trips between Portland and Boston, train officials announced Monday. The Downeaster will add a fifth daily round trip on the...
July 23, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Marilyn Geewax appeared on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on July 21.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With gasoline prices high and airports congested this summer, record numbers of Americans are traveling on Amtrak passenger trains. Still, even...
July 23, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on July 23.) BALTIMORE — Once again, Congress is embracing a no-frills approach to keeping Amtrak viable and whole for another year despite the Bush administration’s efforts to diminish intercity...
July 23, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following story by Jeremiah Stettler appeared on The Salt Lake Tribune website on July 22.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Five men boarded the east-bound California Zephyr with a cardboard box containing $700,000 in savings bonds stolen from a western Nevada suburb and...
July 23, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(UPI circulated the following on July 21.) SAN ANTONIO — More flooding hit Texas early Saturday as storms brought heavy rain to the San Antonio area. Much of the area received a foot of rain. The National Weather Service reported as much as 17 inches overnight in...
July 23, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Billy Townsend appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on July 20.) LAKELAND, Fla. — Count slowly to 74. Now, as you’re counting, imagine you are sitting in your car, waiting at a train crossing. You are late for picking up your child at...
July 23, 2007 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Pat Walters appeared on the St. Petersburg Times website on July 22.) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Silver Star No. 91 screamed as it hurtled the tracks from Jacksonville to Tampa one day last fall. One and a half thousand tons of smooth, silver metal...
July 23, 2007 | Amtrak, Contract Agreement, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 20.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A union representing Amtrak’s 1,300 locomotive engineers announced Friday that it has reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract with the passenger railroad. Details were...
July 18, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report appeared at SeaCoastOnline.com on July 18.) EXETER — Amtrak recently announced that a number of Seacoast stations featuring the Quik-Trak system will see a new version of the self-service ticketing machine. The new machines feature upgraded touch...
July 18, 2007 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Mitch Stacy on July 17.) TAMPA, Fla. — An Amtrak passenger train collided with a truck and derailed Tuesday, killing the truck driver, authorities said. The train was on the same route as one involved in a fatal...
