October 25, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
LOS ANGELES — Who says staid, conservative, let’s-please-follow-the-rules Orange County doesn’t have a sense of humor? The Los Angeles Times reports that there’s a spot in South County where you can live on a $5 million equestrian estate, buy a...
October 25, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON — Amtrak has accepted delivery of its 19th Acela Express train and expects the 20th and final one soon, a sign of progress for the high-speed service that has had a ballyhooed but bumpy introduction, reported the Associated Press. Amtrak President...
October 25, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON — According to the Associated Press, Amtrak is increasing patrols of its trains and stations because of an FBI warning about a possible al-Qaida attack soon against passenger railroads. Officials said the warning, based on information obtained from...
October 24, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
CHICAGO — The state’s high-speed rail project will slide forward a bit further Oct. 31 when officials test a short stretch of tracks north of Bloomington-Normal with a train traveling at 110 mph, the State Journal Register reported. Meanwhile, financially...
October 24, 2002 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
HAYWARD — Union Pacific Railroad and federal officials say they still haven’t determined why a steel bar was on the tracks on Aug. 21, when an Amtrak train hit it and derailed, the Alameda Times-Star reported. Union Pacific and the Federal Railroad...
October 24, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
TOWANDA, Ill. — A special Amtrak train roared through Towanda at more than 100 mph Wednesday as part of an ongoing test of high-speed passenger rail service in Illinois, the Bloomington Pantagraph reported. The test, which was not announced to the public, was an...
October 23, 2002 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines
EVERETT, Wash. — The city of Everett and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. are working to improve safety at a railroad crossing where a train struck a log truck Monday, the Herald of Everett, Wash., reported. Neither the log truck driver nor anyone on the...
October 22, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak was warned by the manufacturer of its troubled high-speed Acela Express trains about potential “defects” in the undercarriages but forced early delivery, the Washington Times reported. Court documents in a lawsuit by...
October 21, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
COLUMBUS — Years of subsistence level funding for Amtrak is now contributing to the near demise of an Ohio steel supplier that provides the passenger railroad’s fleet with most of its undercarriage assemblies. This may result in the loss of hundreds of...
October 21, 2002 | Amtrak, Headlines
WASHINGTON — Amtrak is ending the “satisfaction guarantee” program it introduced two years ago as a marketing maneuver to lure and keep passengers, the Associated Press reported. The passenger railroad never met its goal of holding reimbursement...
