November 16, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by J. Scott Orr was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on November 16.) WASHINGTON — The chairman of the board that oversees Amtrak told a House subcommittee yesterday that the board is not scheming to sell off Northeast Corridor...
November 15, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Eric Anderson was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on November 15.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Amtrak is turning to Subway Restaurants to bring back food service on the dozen or so trains that lost it last summer in a cost-cutting move....
November 15, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial was posted on the Asbury Park Press website on November 15.) ASBURY PARK, N.J. — The firing of Amtrak President David Gunn, a strong advocate of a national rail network, is bad news for the 185,000 New Jersey commuters who ride NJ...
November 15, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial was posted on the Modesto Bee website on November 15.) MODESTO, Calif. — David Gunn, who was fired last week as CEO and president of Amtrak, had two options when he took over the nation’s troubled passenger rail service three years...
November 14, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on November 11.) WASHINGTON — The vote by the Amtrak board of directors to fire the railroad’s president, David L. Gunn, has created intense interest in Congress in the...
November 11, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following press release was circulated by All Aboard Ohio on November 11.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — All Aboard Ohio, a nonprofit association, is calling for the immediate reinstatement of Amtrak President David Gunn, and for the resignation of U.S. Transportation...
November 11, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Albany Times-Union posted the following editorial on its website on November 11.) ALBANY, N.Y. — The sudden ousting of Amtrak President David Gunn comes as yet another reminder of how determined the Bush administration is to dismantle the national passenger...
November 11, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Minot Daily News posted the following editorial on its website on November 10.) MINOT, N.D. — Amtrak president David Gunn has consistently disagreed with the Bush administration’s assessment that federal subsidies for the troubled rail service should...
November 11, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Roanoke Times posted the following editorial on its website on November 11.) ROANOKE, Va. — Amtrak’s board of directors fired the company’s president Wednesday, striking an ideological blow for the Bush administration that could prove fatal to...
November 11, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Ledyard King was circulated by Gannett News Service on November 10.) WASHINGTON — The firing of Amtrak President David Gunn on Wednesday could make it easier to eliminate cross-country train lines and turn over the deteriorating...
