September 30, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Karin Crompton was posted on the Day website on September 30.) EAST LYME, Conn. — The Coast Guard is reviewing an application from Amtrak regarding the realignment of the Niantic River railroad bridge, and is seeking public input. The...
September 30, 2005 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Tim Rowden and Patricia Rice was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on September 29.) BLACKWELL, Mo. — Tonya Brown and some fellow New Orleans evacuees feared they were headed toward another disaster. As Amtrak’s Texas...
September 30, 2005 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Patrick McGeehan and Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on September 30.) NEW YORK — Before Amtrak started running its high-speed Acela Express trains in the Northeast corridor five years ago, it installed...
September 29, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Texas Eagle Marketing & Performance Organization issued the following news release on September 28.) AUSTIN, Texas — For the second year in a row, University of Texas fans heading to the Red River Rivalry can ride the rails from San Antonio or Austin...
September 29, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial was posted on the Lakeland Ledger website on September 29.) LAKELAND, Fla. — In the great days of rail travel, most trains had names. Some still do. With the exception of World War II’s years, the Orange Blossom Special was a...
September 29, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Eric Anderson was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on September 29.) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Seventeen positions at the Amtrak maintenance facility in Rensselaer will be eliminated at the end of October as the passenger railroad...
September 29, 2005 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 28.) WATERFORD, Conn. — A high-speed Amtrak Acela train plowed into a car at a crossing Wednesday, killing a woman and her 8-year-old grandson and causing major delays along the...
September 29, 2005 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 29.) BLACKWELL, Mo. — An Amtrak train derailed in eastern Missouri after apparently striking boulders on the tracks from a rockslide, officials said. Eleven people suffered minor injuries. It...
September 28, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The National Association of Rail Passengers issued the following on September 27.) WASHINGTON — Two passenger trains enabled over 700 evacuees to avoid gridlocked Interstates before Hurricane Rita. Given the limited availability of passenger rail in Texas, the...
September 28, 2005 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following editorial by Otis White was posted on the New York Times website on September 28.) ATLANTA – We’ve learned a lot about evacuating cities in recent days, much of it deeply troubling. But if the failures of New Orleans and the gridlock of Houston show...
