April 29, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Richmond Times-Dispatch posted the following column by Chip Jones on its website on April 28.) RICHMOND, Va. — It started as a minor shift in Amtrak’s schedule. But changes in the area’s morning train service have rattled some windows from...
April 29, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Andy Hall was published by the Palatka Daily News on April 29.) PALATKA, Fla. — An Amtrak Auto Train struck a fallen tree late Friday afternoon only a few miles south of the site of the 2002 derailment near Crescent City in which six...
April 29, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by John Crawley was posted by Reuters on April 29.) WASHINGTON — Amtrak’s money losing long-haul routes should be reconstructed to complement a rail network built around regional corridors that would serve cities and other heavily...
April 28, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Hagerstown Herald-Mail posted the following article on its website on April 28.) HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. – Plans to restore the Harpers Ferry Train Station are moving forward, Harpers Ferry National Historic Park Superintendent Don Campbell announced. Campbell...
April 28, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Kingston Daily Freeman posted the following story by Patricia Doxsey on its website on April 27.) KINGSTON, N.Y.– More than a year after they were expected to get on track, the first of what officials hope will be seven high-speed passenger trains between...
April 28, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following Associated Press article was published by the New York Times on April 25.) WASHINGTON — Amtrak will renovate Civil War-era tunnels and replace overhead electrical wires installed when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president under a five-year upgrade...
April 28, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following Reuters article by John Crawley was posted on April 25.) WASHINGTON — Amtrak said on Friday it wants to accelerate spending over the next five years on repairing its crumbling infrastructure, which includes equipment that is nearly 100 years old....
April 28, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Washington Post published the following article by Don Phillips on its website on April 26.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak President David L. Gunn yesterday unveiled an $8 billion, five-year passenger train recovery plan designed to halt deterioration in the...
April 24, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Winona Daily News posted the following article by Steve Cahalan on its website on April 24.) WINONA, Wisc. — As of Monday, passengers again will be able to buy tickets on weekends at the Amtrak depots in Winona and La Crosse, Wis. And throughout the week,...
April 24, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Boston Globe posted the following story by Mac Daniel on its website on April 24.) BOSTON — Amtrak is in danger of losing a huge number of its Boston-based employees over the next several months, leaving service and safety gaps in its South Station lines, a...
