July 17, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Dan Schlossberg appeared at ConsumerAffairs.Com on July 16.) NEW YORK — Booming business may not be enough to keep Amtrak alive. The national passenger railroad network needs federal funds just to maintain the status quo but could fall victim...
July 17, 2007 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Diane Lacey Allen appeared on the Lakeland Ledger website on July 16.) LAKELAND, Fla. — Four people were killed when a car was struck by an Amtrak train on tracks on Wabash Avenue in West Lakeland this afternoon. There were no injuries on the...
July 16, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Tom Berg appeared on The Orange County Register website on July 15.) LAGUNA NIGUEL — Warning: If you are eating, stop. You are about to read about bottoms. Five thousand of ’em, all bared in the name of … well, that’s hard to say....
July 16, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Marilyn Geewax of Cox News Service appeared on the Boston Globe website on July 15.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With gasoline prices high and airports congested this summer, record numbers of Americans are traveling on Amtrak passenger trains. Still,...
July 12, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Thomas V. Bona appeared on the Rockford Register Star website on July 11.) ROCKFORD — Amtrak trains between Chicago and Rockford are already delayed — in Springfield. The longer it takes lawmakers to pass a budget, the longer it will take them...
July 12, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 11.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even if it spent $7 billion on track upgrades, Amtrak couldn’t reduce the travel time between Washington and New York to less than 2 hours and 20 minutes, which is only 25 minutes...
July 11, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by John R. Pulliam appeared on the Register-Mail website on July 10.) GALESBURG, Ill. — Citing the need for a greater exchange to provide additional passenger rail station improvement resources, Amtrak has invited communities along the 2,438-mile...
July 11, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Ross Capon appeared on The Tennessean website on July 9. He is Executive Director of the National Association of Railroad Passengers.) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Some say we can’t afford to bring intercity passenger rail to Nashville. I say we...
July 10, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Tom Gardner on July 9.) RENO, Nev. — Firefighters entered another day of triple digit temperatures, choking smoke and difficult terrain on Monday as they attempted to conquer lightning-sparked wildland fires that...
July 3, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Kate Howard appeared on The Tennessean website on July 2.) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s been nearly 30 years since the last passenger train left Union Station, but advocates of city-to-city rail hope it won’t take another 30 years to get...
