August 11, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Reuters distributed the following story by John Crawley on August 10.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Airlines have regained key East Coast business lost to Amtrak after the 2001 hijack attacks, putting additional pressure on the railroad as its future grows more...
August 11, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Diane Rodgers was posted on the St. Augustine Record website on August 10.) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — At Tuesday’s meeting, the National Transportation Safety Board issued several safety recommendations as part of its report on the...
August 11, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The St. Augustine Record published the following story by Diane Rodgers on its website on August 10. Brother Earl Karper is a member of BLE Division 35 in Jacksonville, Fla.) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Amtrak Engineer Earl Karper glanced down to check his speed...
August 11, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following editorial by BLE Division 75, Kansas City, member Andrew Taylor appeared in the Kansas City Star on August 11.) KANSAS CITY — C.W. Gusewelle’s July 27 story on travel by train across Missouri made several good points with which I concur....
August 11, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Michael Cabanatuan was posted on the San Francisco Chronicle’s website on August 10.) SAN FRANCISCO — Carrie Garcia and Keri Wells from Tulare wanted to leave the kids behind and spend the weekend in the Bay Area — clubbing...
August 8, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Robin Washington appeared on the Boston Herald’s website on August 7.) BOSTON — An overhead electric power wire for Amtrak’s high-speed Acela train broke at the Route 128 station in Dedham Monday, creating afternoon and rush...
August 8, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The St. Augustine Record published the following story by Diane Rodgers on its website on August 7.) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — At first, emergency responders were searching for 467 people. Then Amtrak personnel reported 468 people traveled on the fated Auto Train...
August 8, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Southern Illinoisan published the following editorial on its website on August 6.) CARBONDALE, Ill. — For 33 years Amtrak has been running through a tunnel with no light at the end of it in sight. The publicly subsidized corporation and has long been a...
August 8, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Denver Post published the following column by John Esty on its website on August 8.) DENVER — Last week, the Bush administration gave Congress its long awaited Amtrak proposal. It required reorganizing Amtrak into three entities, pledged no new money and...
August 8, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The St. Augustine Record posted the following article by Michael Reed on its website on August 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., has a plan to fix Amtrak’s financial problems. Amtrak has an annual $1 billion deficit in operating costs,...
