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Mom leaps from moving Amtrak train, leaving 2 children

(The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published the following story by Jonathan D. Silver on its website on April 10.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A woman traveling cross-country apparently leaped from a moving passenger train Tuesday night as it chugged through Pittsburgh,...

Opinion: Transportation transformation

(Forbes.com posted the following column by Andrew T. Gillies on April 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ever taken the train from Atlanta to Birmingham? It’s a pokey affair. The train, part of Amtrak’s New York to New Orleans run, makes the Atlanta-Birmingham...

US to say Amtrak can avoid funding crisis this year

(Reuters posted the following article on its website on April 9.) WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department will tell Congress on Thursday that Amtrak funding should be sufficient to avert the kind of financial crisis that almost caused a rail shutdown last...

Amtrak will drop Louisville-Indianapolis route July 4

(The Louisville Courier-Journal posted the following Associated Press article on its website on April 7.) INDIANAPOLIS — Passenger train service through Indiana will become even less frequent this summer when Amtrak ends its route from Indianapolis to...

Amtrak signals plans to dump Louisville route

(The Indianapolis Star posted the following article by John Tuohy on its website on April 3.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Amtrak is eliminating its only train route between Louisville and Indianapolis, a slow, bumpy midnight ride with few passengers. The agency’s...

Amtrak to keep Mich. trains rolling

(The Lansing State Journal posted the following article by James McCurtis Jr. on its website on April 1.) EAST LANSING, Mich. — Amtrak will continue to run its two state-funded train lines through July 1 to give the Legislature time to possibly lift a $5.7...

No K.C.-St. Louis rail plans offered

(St. Joseph News-Press posted the following article on its website on April 2.) ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Although some private companies expressed interest in providing passenger rail service between St. Louis and Kansas City, including St. Joseph-based Herzog Transit...

Two workers killed by Amtrak train

(The Sarasota Herald-Tribune posted the following Associated Press article by Chelsea J. Carter on its website on April 2.) LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — Two men working near railroad tracks who may not have heard an approaching Amtrak train were killed by the...

Amtrak to remove all staff from two Mo. train stations

(The Columbia Daily Tribune posted the following article on its website on April 1.) COLUMBIA, MO. — The Amtrak office in Jefferson City is getting less personal. Starting tomorrow, Amtrak’s passenger rail stations in Jefferson City and Kirkwood will be...