May 25, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Andy Henion appeared on The Detroit News website on May 24.) LANSING, Mich. — Amtrak’s popular Pontiac-to-Chicago line could be one of the first routes to see improvements under a proposed infusion of federal cash into the nation’s...
May 24, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 23.) SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Amtrak would attract fewer riders than hoped for and run at speeds slower than the adjacent interstate highway if it started passenger service between Springfield and St. Louis, the Missouri...
May 24, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Brad Cooper appeared on The Kansas City Star website on May 24.) KANSAS CITY — Amtrak resumed full service from Kansas City to St. Louis on Wednesday, but only after scolding the Union Pacific railway for not adequately clearing its tracks for...
May 24, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by John R. Pulliam appeared on The Register-Mail website on May 23.) GALESBURG, Ill. — Amtrak officials credit a 30 percent increase in ridership on trains in the Chicago-Galesburg-Quincy corridor in part to the new Carl Sandburg state-supported...
May 21, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 21.) CHICAGO — Hefty ridership gains on state-funded Amtrak trains since last fall have exceeded even the optimistic expectations of Illinois officials. But habitually late trains...
May 18, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jane Engle appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on May 17.) LOS ANGELES — Traveling by train is so retro. Or maybe not. Tech-savvy Amtrak riders can call up video games and DVDs on free media players and, through a special website, use...
May 18, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following by Sarah Karush on May 18.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — For years, Amtrak workers believed their interests and those of the company were so closely aligned that union officials regularly trekked to Capitol Hill to ask for more...
May 17, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 17.) BOSTON — Are you the parent of a high school student planning a trip this summer to look at college campuses? If you’re considering traveling by train, take a look at Amtrak’s free companion travel offer for...
May 16, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 16.) TACOMA, Wash. — Two freight trains derailed in western Washington early Wednesday, disrupting Amtrak travel and spilling diesel fuel near a river a few miles upstream from the Nisqually Delta National Wildlife...
May 16, 2007 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Marie Szaniszlo appeared on the Boston Herald website on May 16.) BOSTON — The family of an Amtrak employee who died of an apparent heart attack this month when a Boston-bound train hit a forklift yesterday called for answers to questions...
