January 13, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jim Geraghty was published in the January 12 issue of the Boston Globe.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak supporters in the Senate are pushing for a $5.6 billion investment in railroad upgrades and in security. But such funding for passenger...
January 9, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Eric Durr was published in The Business Review/Albany on January 8.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak President David Gunn promised to put two Turboliner trainsets that have been rebuilt by the state at SuperSteel Schenectady into service within 90...
January 8, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following article by Chip Jones was published in the January 7 issue of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.) RICHMOND, Va. — Maybe he has diesel in his veins. Or maybe he is just a born railroader. Whatever the reasons, Michael P. Jerew, the area’s top...
January 8, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
GUILFORD, Conn. — Three years ago, Amtrak tore down a150-year-old barn that had served as the town’s trainstation, shocking town officials who were planning torehabilitate the historic building, the Hartford Courant reports. Amtrak, which said the building...
January 8, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
ALBANY — The Albany Times-Union reports that the first of several much-anticipated Turboliner trains should be carrying Capital Region passengers to New York City within three months, but track work that would allow the trains to run at top speed is on hold,...
January 8, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines, UP
(The following article by Bob Shea was published in the January 7 online issue of the Benicia News.) BENICIA, Calif. — A crane on a barge hit the Union Pacific Railroad bridge that parallels the Benicia-Martinez Bridge on Tuesday, delaying some rail traffic, but...
January 7, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story was published in the January 7 issue of The Business Review, Albany.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak President David Gunn met with state Transportation Commissioner Joseph Boardman Monday in an attempt to smooth over friction between the state and...
January 7, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Melissa Tresner was published in the January 7 online issue of the Longview, Texas, News-Journal.) BIG SANDY, Texas — Passengers aboard an Amtrak train apparently took matters into their own hands Sunday when a man wielding a plastic...
January 7, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON — Citing a slight dip in the number of its passengers the last year, Amtrak said Monday it will cut coach fares as much as 25 percent on many of its routes nationwide in an effort to boost revenue, according to the Associated Press. “With this...
January 6, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jim Skeen was published in the January 4 issue of the Los Angeles Daily News.) PALMDALE — Passenger train advocates are seeking a study on whether it would be feasible to run a single Amtrak train daily between Bakersfield and Los Angeles...
