January 11, 2007 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Kara Lopp was posted on the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette website on January 11.) WATERLOO, Ind. — A load of soybeans was spilled Wednesday morning when an Amtrak passenger train crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer rig sitting on...
January 8, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 6.) WASHINGTON — High school students and their parents can get a deal on Amtrak tickets if they take the train on college search trips. The passenger railroad has announced a new...
January 2, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 30.) PORTLAND, Maine — No one knew whether Amtrak’s Downeaster would be a success when it departed Portland with its first passengers five years ago on a dark, rainy morning. More than 1.4...
December 27, 2006 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on December 25.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — An Amtrak train had an engine on a passenger train catch fire this holiday weekend, forcing an evacuation. One hundred and thirty-one people evacuated the train while the Rochester...
December 27, 2006 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on December 25.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — An Amtrak train had an engine on a passenger train catch fire this holiday weekend, forcing an evacuation. One hundred and thirty-one people evacuated the train while the Rochester...
December 27, 2006 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report by David Darman appeared on New Hampshire Public Radio on December 26, 2006.) CONCORD, N.H. — Amtrak’s Downeaster train has celebrated its fifth anniversary. In 2001, train advocates claimed the Downeaster would fill a transportation need...
December 27, 2006 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report by David Darman appeared on New Hampshire Public Radio on December 26, 2006.) CONCORD, N.H. — Amtrak’s Downeaster train has celebrated its fifth anniversary. In 2001, train advocates claimed the Downeaster would fill a transportation need...
December 19, 2006 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on December 15.) WASHINGTON — In an unusually large management shake-up, the new president of Amtrak fired four top officials Friday and put a fifth in a 90-day temporary...
December 19, 2006 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on December 15.) WASHINGTON — In an unusually large management shake-up, the new president of Amtrak fired four top officials Friday and put a fifth in a 90-day temporary...
December 19, 2006 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 18.) WASHINGTON — Amtrak’s new president on Monday announced broad changes to the company’s senior management and said his new team would be better able to reform the much-criticized...
