May 2, 2003 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The Washington Post published the following article by Clarence Williams and Martin Weil on May 2.) WASHINGTON — An 18-year-old man was struck by a southbound Amtrak train in Prince William County last night, stopping rail traffic in both directions and...
May 1, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
On May 1, 1971: Amtrak – which combined and streamlined the operations of 18 intercity passenger railroads – went into service.
May 1, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The St. Joseph News-Press posted the following article by Ken Newton on its website on May 1.) ST. JOSEPH, Ill. — A St. Joseph man testified before a U.S. Senate committee Tuesday, insisting unfair Amtrak practices stand in the way of any restructuring of...
May 1, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The TTD issued the following press release on April 30.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Total labor costs at Amtrak, including wages and benefits, have remained constant over the past 21 years and have actually declined in real dollars, providing conclusive evidence that...
April 30, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Albany Business Review posted the following article on its website on April 30.) ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York Chapter of the American Public Works Association has named the new Rensselaer Rail Station its Project of the Year for structures. The award goes to...
April 30, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following Reuters article was posted on the New York Times’ website on April 29.) WASHINGTON — The Bush administration proposed a national rail plan today to restructure Amtrak and leave important decisions about train service, including long-distance...
April 30, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Mac Daniel of the Boston Globe was posted on April 30.) WASHINGTON — A top transportation official in the Bush administration proposed a national rail plan yesterday that would drastically restructure Amtrak, the long-suffering national...
April 30, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following Associated Press article was posted on the New York Times online on April 29.) WASHINGTON — The Bush administration urged the states on Tuesday to take more responsibility for designing and financing the country’s passenger train service....
April 30, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Don Phillips was published by the Washington Post on April 30.) WASHINGTON — The Bush administration yesterday unveiled a six-year plan for national passenger rail service in which the federal government would pay about half the capital...
April 29, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following story by Jon Hilkevitch on its website on April 28.) BEECH GROVE, Ind. — Here lie the charred and twisted remains of Amtrak’s City of New Orleans, a 14-car train that smashed into a truck near Bourbonnais, Ill.,...
