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Amtrak is taking another trip in Wash.

(The Seattle Post-Intelligencer posted the following article on its website on June 28.) SEATTLE — A fourth daily rail passenger train will be added between Seattle and Portland on Saturday, a response to growing demand. The train will be an extension of...

High water, washout conditions disrupt Amtrak service

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 27.) WASHINGTON — Flooding from a weekend of heavy rain disrupted Amtrak service between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., early Monday. Early morning service on the Northeast Corridor between...

High water, washout conditions disrupt Amtrak service

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 27.) WASHINGTON — Flooding from a weekend of heavy rain disrupted Amtrak service between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., early Monday. Early morning service on the Northeast Corridor between...

High water disrupts Amtrak service in Northeast

(The following report appeared on the Boston Globe website on June 26.) WASHINGTON — Flooding from a weekend of heavy rain disrupted Amtrak service between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., early Monday. Early morning service on the Northeast Corridor between...

High water disrupts Amtrak service in Northeast

(The following report appeared on the Boston Globe website on June 26.) WASHINGTON — Flooding from a weekend of heavy rain disrupted Amtrak service between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., early Monday. Early morning service on the Northeast Corridor between...

Amtrak: Despite train delays, system worked as it should

(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Beth DeFalco on June 22.) TRENTON, N.J. — Amtrak officials on Thursday said they are still puzzled about what exactly caused their newest and largest power substation to shut down in May, stranding thousands of...

Amtrak: Despite train delays, system worked as it should

(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Beth DeFalco on June 22.) TRENTON, N.J. — Amtrak officials on Thursday said they are still puzzled about what exactly caused their newest and largest power substation to shut down in May, stranding thousands of...

Amtrak exec details shutdown

(The following article by Robert Schwaneberg was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on June 23.) NEWARK, N.J. — Last month’s electrical shutdown that stranded 91 trains along the Northeast Corridor cannot be blamed on deteriorating infrastructure at...