February 13, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Great Falls, Mont., Tribune posted the following Gannett News Service story on its website on February 13.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional negotiators agreed Wednesday to give Amtrak a little more than $1 billion to keep its trains running, less than what...
February 13, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by the Associated Press was published on the New York Times online edition.) WASHINGTON — Amtrak would get nearly all the money it requested in the 2003 spending package being finalized by congressional Republicans — but with new...
February 12, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(The following article by the Associated Press appeared in the New York Times online edition on Feb. 12.) WASHINGTON — Fights over farm aid and logging in Alaska are hindering the crafting of a House-Senate compromise $396 billion spending package for this year,...
February 11, 2003 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The Southern Illinoisan posted the following story by Christi Mathis on its website on Febraury 10.) PINCKNEYVILLE — A second train has derailed in Perry County, less than 24 hours after a train loaded with hazardous chemicals displaced 1,000 Tamaroa area...
February 10, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Ohio Association of Railroad Passengers issued the following press release on February 10.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio will lose all intercity passenger rail service under President Bush’s proposed transportation budget. It slashes Amtrak funding for its...
February 10, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Kankakee, Ill., Daily Journal posted the following article by Edward Felker on its website on February 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It has been months since Amtrak’s latest brush with extinction, but that doesn’t mean the tough times are over for the...
February 6, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Amtrak and Hotels.com issued the following press release via Business Wire on February 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak and Hotels.com announced a three-year agreement, under which Amtrak’s reservation agents will transfer customers interested in discount...
February 6, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(NOLA.com posted the following Associated Press article by Garry Mitchell on February 5.) MOBILE, Ala. — The Sunset Limited, which makes wee-hour stops in Mobile on a route from Los Angeles to Orlando, is among Amtrak’s major money-losers, the government...
February 5, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Tribune-Democrat posted the following story by Randy Griffith on its website on February 5.) JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Amtrak officials and rail buffs agree that schedule changes to begin Monday should improve passenger service through Johnstown. “The...
February 5, 2003 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The Bloomington, Ill., Pantagraph posted the following story by Sharon K. Woulfe on its website on February 5.) LEXINGTON, Ill.– A 50-year-old Lexington man died Tuesday evening when he lost his balance on railroad tracks while carrying groceries and was hit by...
