July 30, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Brattleboro Reformer posted the following story by Howard Weiss-Tisman on its website on July 30.) BRATTLEBORO — With the ink still wet on a Bush administration proposal to decrease federal funding of Amtrak and force state governments to manage the...
July 30, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Chicago Sun-Times posted the following story by Robert C. Herguth and Lynn Sweet on its website on July 30.) CHICAGO — The future of Amtrak’s Chicago service, high-speed rail in Illinois and more than 2,000 local jobs is tenuous, according to critics...
July 30, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines, TTD
(The TTD distributed the following news release on July 29.) Would slash service and jobs, pass costs to broke states, launch privatization WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following statement was issued today by Sonny Hall, President of the Transportation Trades...
July 30, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Stephen Kiehl appeated in the Baltimore Sun on July 30.) BALTIMORE — If Amtrak has a future – and that is not at all certain – it can be found in a quarter-century-old track-laying machine that spent the past few years...
July 30, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Fort Worth Star-Telegram published the following story by Gordon Dickson on its website on July 29.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Saying that cash-strapped Amtrak is once again facing a shutdown, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, will introduce legislation to...
July 30, 2003 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Thomas J. Lueck appeared on the New York Times’ website on July 30.) NEW YORK — Thousands of rail passengers were delayed yesterday for 90 minutes or more, or forced to find other forms of transportation, after an Amtrak train knocked...
July 29, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on July 28.) MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — Amtrak passenger Bruce Campbell finds it relaxing to sit back on a train and watch the world go by. “It’s a very stress-free mode of travel,” the...
July 29, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following was distributed by the Associated Press on July 28.) President Bush’s Amtrak restructuring plan, sent to Congress on Monday, tries to create a competitive marketplace for passenger rail service where the states decide if they want to support...
July 29, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak issued the following news release on July 28.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak President David L. Gunn made the following statement in reaction to a plan announced today by the Bush administration to restructure passenger rail service: “Amtrak...
July 29, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Baltimore Sun published the following story by Stephen Kiehl on its website on July 29.) BALTIMORE — Amtrak would be dismantled into a network of regional railroads, and private companies would be encouraged to bid on providing passenger rail service across...
