July 22, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Susan Wood appeared in the Tahoe Daily Tribune on July 22.) LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Come next fall, a House transportation plan may derail Amtrak service — including South Lake Tahoe’s bus connection to and from Sacramento. As...
July 22, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Lynne Shallcross appeared on MSNBC.com on July 18.) ABOARD AMTRAK’S METROLINER — Barbara Tedesco is relaxing, listening to a CD player while her 11-year-old son, Tommy, contentedly flips through some books and looks out the...
July 18, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Denver Post published the following column by Dick Kreck on its website on July 18.) DENVER — I went on vacation recently. A slide show will follow. But my point today is, the highlight of the trip (not counting having one beer with Peter Sleeth, former...
July 18, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following column by George F. Will was circulated on July 18.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — David Gunn, 65 and a glutton for punishment, left retirement to run Amtrak. His office is in magnificently restored Union Station, a relic of something Gunn knows is gone...
July 17, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(FoxNews.com posted the following story by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos on July 17.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some say you could set a clock to it. No, not Amtrak’s departure and arrival times, but its yearly funding requests. Every year, Amtrak (search) asks Congress...
July 16, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak and Green Mountain Coffee issued the following news release on July 16.) WATERBURY, Vt. & WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. and Amtrak have announced an agreement to offer Green Mountain Coffee on Amtrak trains nationwide...
July 16, 2003 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(San Jose television station NBC-11 posted the following story on its website on July 15.) RODEO, Calif. — A chemical spill in the East Bay has been contained after an accident involving an Amtrak train and a tanker truck transporting bleach. The accident...
July 16, 2003 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article was reported on the website of Sacramento television station KCRA on July 15.) SACRAMENTO — An Amtrak train traveling from Oakland to Sacramento smashed into a big rig Tuesday morning. “There was a big bump, biggest bump I’ve...
July 14, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Dallas Morning News published the following travel column by Larry Bleiberg on its website on July 14). DALLAS — Somewhere in Rhode Island the train topped 150 mph. Farms, lakes and small towns blurred by the window. We were flying across the ground. That...
July 14, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Boston Globe published the following story by Keith Reed on its website on July 14. Material from Bloomberg News included in this report.) BOSTON — The stakes were high for Amtrak when the struggling railroad decided in April to cut fares by 22 percent on...
