April 20, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report appeared on the Times-Picayune website on April 19.) NEW ORLEANS — The city’s offices of Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Medical Services and Homeland Security are sponsoring a full scale drill Friday to train local public safety...
April 20, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Michael Cabanatuan appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle website on April 19.) WOODLAND, Calif. — A teenager accused of assaulting an Amtrak engineer with rocks and bottles in what appears to have been a botched train robbery also...
April 19, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on April 18.) WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 17-year-old boy was arrested in an attack on an Amtrak engineer who was dragged from his train and hit with rocks and bottles. The teen, whose name was not released because...
April 19, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by George Warren appeared on the News 10 website on April 19. Roy Cocreham is a member of BLET Division 144 in Oakland, Calif.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An engineer on Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor service remains hospitalized following a Monday night...
April 18, 2007 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(The National Association of Railroad Passengers issued the following news release on April 17.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citing increased demand for passenger rail service and rising gas prices, the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) urged Congress to...
April 18, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following story by Tony Bizjak appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on April 18.) WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — West Sacramento officials say they will work on railroad security issues in the wake of a brutal assault on an engineer that briefly disrupted Capitol...
April 18, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Michael Cabanatuan appeared at Sfgate.com on April 17.) SAN FRANCISCO — The engineer of an Amtrak Capitol Corridor train was seriously injured Monday night in West Sacramento after a group of people forced the train to stop, dragged the...
April 16, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report by Rafi Guroian appeared on the Austin American Statesman website on April 13.) AUSTIN, Texas — The times are a-changin’. Gone are the days of Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint stealing romantic glances on the 20th Century Limited in North by...
April 16, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on April 15.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A study on the feasibility of restoring passenger train service in southern Montana is in jeopardy, after the Senate rejected several funding attempts Friday. Money for the study...
April 16, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by David Nakamura appeared on the Washington Post website on April 14.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi is being wooed by Amtrak, which has offered him $350,000 to take control of the debt-ridden railroad’s...
