April 13, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Thomas V. Bona appeared on the Rockford Register Star website on April 12.) MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. — Local leaders are speaking in a unified voice on which Amtrak route should be chosen — let the state decide. Rather than back one of the three...
April 12, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Great Falls Tribune website on April 12.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — It’s been 28 years since a North Coast Hiawatha passenger train whistled across southern Montana. If a state rail passenger group gets its way, it could happen...
April 12, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Stamford Times website on April 12.) STAMFORD, Conn. — On another transportation issue, we hope there is some chance for a bipartisan effort by Senators Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey Democrat, and Trent Lott, Mississippi...
April 11, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Edward D. Murphy appeared on the Portland Press Herald website on April 11.) PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s Downeaster rail service offers a model that Amtrak hopes will be followed by other states, the head of the passenger rail service said...
April 11, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on April 10.) HELENA, Mont. — A revived effort to reinstate passenger rail service in southern Montana picked up steam Tuesday, with the Schweitzer administration backing the idea and Amtrak officials outlining possible...
April 10, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Tom Lochner appeared on the Contra Costa Times website on April 9.) WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The motorcyclist who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Richmond on Sunday apparently was doing stunts with another motorcyclist, said a...
April 3, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial by Dave Zweifel was posted on the Madison Capital Times website on April 2.) MADISON, Wisc. — No one knew what to expect about a year and a half ago when the Amtrak board of directors unceremoniously fired David L. Gunn as its president....
April 2, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by David Patch was posted on the Toledo Blade website on April 2.) TOLEDO, Ohio — Train travelers headed from Toledo to New York will be scheduled to depart even deeper into the wee hours than they’re accustomed to, beginning tomorrow...
March 30, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Basil Talbott of CongressDaily was posted on GovExec.com on March 29.) WASHINGTON — Amtrak would be forced to make drastic cuts in service if it had to live with the funding the White House proposed for fiscal 2008, Alexander Kummant,...
March 27, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by Ralph De La Cruz appeared on the South Florida Sun-Sentinel website on March 27.) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When Hurricane Katrina roared ashore on Aug. 29, 2005, it swept away an entire swath of the central Gulf Coast. Houses. Trees. Cars. Even...
