September 4, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following article on September 3.) WASHINGTON — The Senate gave Amtrak a lift on Wednesday as the passenger rail service worked to repair a potentially serious problem with its antiquated infrastructure in New York. The appropriations...
September 3, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Keith Reed was published by the Boston Globe on September 3.) BOSTON — Michael S. Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor, criticized the Bush administration yesterday for not acting to fill vacancies on the Amtrak board of directors...
September 2, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The New Haven Register published the following story by Neal Jones on its website on August 30.) MADISON, Conn. — An engine fire on an Amtrak train taking passengers from Washington to Boston forced the cancellation of Shore Line East morning commuter service...
August 29, 2003 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 28.) MANASSAS, Va. — An Amtrak train traveling nearly 80 mph struck a dump truck at a railroad crossing Thursday, killing the truck driver and injuring six people aboard the train. All of the...
August 29, 2003 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Josh White was posted on the Washington Post website on August 29.) WASHINGTON — An Amtrak train bound for the District and New York City hit a dump truck yesterday at a crossing outside Manassas, killing the truck’s driver and...
August 25, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Raton Range published the following story by Todd Wildermuth on its website on August 25.) RATON, N.M. — Raton’s Amtrak ticket office will close on Tuesday, but what that means to the future of the passenger rail service continuing to run its...
August 22, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Washington Times posted the following article by Tom Ramstack on its website on August 22.) WASHINGTON — Amtrak’s recent performance will help it make a strong argument for continued funding when Congress returns from its August recess to consider...
August 21, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Wabtec Corporation issued the following news release on August 20.) WILMERDING, Pa. — WABCO Transit, a subsidiary of Wabtec Corporation, has received a contract worth about $3.5 million to supply its GB 4-1/2-inch tread brake units for Amtrak’s...
August 21, 2003 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on August 20.) WRAY, Colo. — Amtrak’s California Zephyr train was delayed for about three hours Wednesday after colliding with a tractor-trailer at a crossing in northeastern Colorado, a railroad...
August 20, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Adrian Sainz on August 20.) MIAMI — Federal investigators needed five months to pin down exactly how many people were on an Amtrak Auto Train involved in a fatal crash in Crescent City last year,...
