September 22, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Portland Oregonian posted the following story by Janie Har on its website on September 20.) SALEM, Ore. — All four of Oregon’s Willamette Valley Amtrak trains will continue running for now, thanks to a tentative last-minute deal between Gov. Ted...
September 22, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Pensacola News-Journal posted the following story by Troy Moon on its website on September 21.) PENSACOLA, Fla. — Daisy Netters has trouble remembering things. She`ll get in the car and forget where she was going. Or why she was heading out of her Century...
September 19, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by David Sharp on September 19.) PORTLAND, Maine – When Amtrak’s Downeaster made its inaugural run on Dec. 15, 2001, the folks at Concord Trailways viewed the silver train as having the potential to...
September 19, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following news release on September 19.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Due to a number of downed trees along the Northeast Corridor between Baltimore and Philadelphia, Amtrak has modified its operating plan for the morning hours of Friday, Sept. 19. The...
September 18, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on September18.) PORTLAND, Maine — Officials with the Downeaster say the Portland-to-Boston passenger train posted strong ridership numbers throughout the summer. The surge partly made up for a dismal winter...
September 18, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on September 17.) EDISON, N.J. — An electrical outage at the start of Wednesday afternoon’s rush hour delayed Amtrak and NJ Transit trains along the nation’s busiest passenger rail corridor. Three...
September 18, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following story by John Crawley on September 17.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 8,000 engineers and mechanics at Amtrak, fed up with what they call inadequate government rail funding, threatened on Wednesday to walk off the job on Oct. 3...
September 18, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on September 17.) WASHINGTON — Unions representing Amtrak workers said Wednesday they will shut down the railroad for one day next month to draw attention to what they consider chronic underfunding by the...
September 17, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes issued the following news release on September 17.) PHILADELPHIA and WASHINGTON — The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (“BMWE”) announced today that its members would withdraw their services...
September 17, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York times website on September 16.) WASHINGTON — Six Amtrak unions are to announce on Wednesday that they will stop work on Oct. 3, shutting the railroad for the day, to protest Congress’s...
