January 27, 2003 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(The Everett, Wash., Herald published the following on January 26.) EVERETT — A mudslide Friday morning north of Karkeek Park in Seattle shut down Amtrak service to and from Everett. Spokesman Gus Melonas said Saturday that rain and saturated soils on a steep...
January 27, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Bill Hirschi was published in the January 27 online edition of the Lake City Reporter.) LAKE CITY, Fla. — Six days a week, Amtrak’s Sunset Limited stops in Lake City on its journey between Orlando and Los Angeles. On the surface,...
January 27, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Crain’s Chicago Business published the following story on January 26.) CHICAGO — It’s the end of the line for Amtrak’s reservations call center at 55 E. Monroe St. The Chicago center’s 267 employees were told Friday that their jobs will be...
January 27, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Sheryl Gay Stolberg was published in the January 26 issue of the New York Times.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the context of the $390 billion spending measure the Senate passed last week, $438 million may not sound like much. But Senator Patty...
January 24, 2003 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following Associated Press story was published in the January 24 online issue of the San Jose Mercury News.) GLENDALE, Calif. — An Amtrak train carrying 300 passengers struck a Jeep Cherokee Thursday afternoon, moments after the Jeep’s owner abandoned...
January 24, 2003 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Nicholas Grudin was published in the January 23 issue of the Los Angeles Daily News.) GLENDALE, Calif. — A 53-year-old Sunland woman whose Jeep stalled in the path of an Amtrak train leaped to safety Thursday only seconds before the train...
January 23, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Fred Leeson was published on the Portland Oregonian’s website on January 23.) PORTLAND, Ore. — Give $20,000 to most young men interested in vintage muscle cars and their thoughts will turn to vehicles like a Corvette, a Porsche or a Z....
January 23, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON — Amtrak said on Wednesday it would need up to $10 billion in federal subsidies over the next five years to run its network of trains and repair its crumbling infrastructure, reported Reuters. Amtrak President David Gunn, positioning the national...
January 23, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON — According to the Associated Press, Amtrak is facing another fiscal crisis that could lead to a systemwide shutdown in the spring if Congress fails to approve more money, the railroad’s president said Wednesday. “I really can’t...
January 22, 2003 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Karlayne R. Parker was published in the January 22 issue of the Tampa Tribune.) PLANT CITY, Fla. — A motorist died Tuesday trying to beat an Amtrak train at a gated railroad crossing on Woodrow Wilson Boulevard, police said. His name was...
