Amtrak’s Texas Eagle Is A Weekend Winner

By Scott Laird, Travel Pulse; May 17, 2018 Amtrak’s long distance train services can be a conundrum for some travellers,…

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Trump Nominee to Amtrak Board of Directors Joseph Gruters Grilled on Amtrak Plans

By Jacob Ogles, SRQ Daily Freshly Squeezed Content Every Morning; May 17, 2018 Joe Gruters helped President Donald Trump win…

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U.S. Sen. Durbin asks feds to help improve Amtrak speed on Carbondale route in Illinois

By Dustin Duncan, The Southern; May 10, 2018 CARBONDALE — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin pressed the Federal Railroad Administration Thursday…

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Politico Morning Transportation: Hail to the (Southwest) Chief

By STEPHANIE BEASLEY, With help from Lauren Gardner, Tanya Snyder and Kelsey Tamborrino, Politico Morning Transportation; May 11, 2018 HAIL…

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Former Amtrak President and CEO asks about his former company – Amtrak: Where is the public input? Where is the transparency?

By Joseph A. Boardman, Railway Age Magazine; May 10, 2018 Having spent much of my productive life at the state…

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A Brief History of Luxury Trains Between Washington, DC and New York City

By Benjamin Freed and Elaina Plott, Washingtonian; May 9, 2018 Before speed came luxury. Beginning in 1882, Washington VIPs got…

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Seattle’s New $28 Million Locomotive Facility Picks Up Steam

By Andrea Watts, Correspondent, Construction Equipment Guide; May 8, 2018 With the piling work completed for the new Amtrak locomotive…

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California: Why new train schedule will make a huge difference for some Modesto commuters

By John Holland, The Modesto Bee; May 7, 2018 Amtrak on Monday launched a new train that gets San Joaquin…

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Work to repair Northeast Corridor tracks damaged in derailment could take up to month, officials say

By Joseph A. Gambardello, Staff Writer, Philly.com; May 4, 2018 Work to repair tracks damaged by a freight train derailment…

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Texas: Advocacy groups voice objection to elimination of staffing at Marshall Depot

By Caleb Brabham, The Marshall News Messenger; May 2, 2018 Railway advocacy groups in Harrison County and Marshall issued a…

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Northwest teen looking for people who helped save his life in Amtrak derailment

By Staff, KATU 2; May 4, 2018 SEATTLE —  A teenager who narrowly survived the Amtrak crash over I-5 is…

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North Carolina’s Piedmont Service: More trains between Charlotte and Raleigh to begin in June

By The Associated Press, Spectrum News; May 2, 2018 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Train travel between North Carolina’s capital and…

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Amtrak Didn’t Heed Work-Zone Speed Advice Before Fatal Crash

By Alan Levin, Bloomberg; April 30, 2018 Five months ago, in a scathing report on a 2016 accident in which…

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Amtrak Report Says 30th Street Station in Philadelphia Can’t Be Locked in Emergency Because Staff Don’t Have Keys, Cite Several Other Security Issues

By Vince Lattanzio, NBC 10; April 30, 2018 If Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station needed to be locked down in an…

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Amtrak’s City of New Orleans to stop in Marks, Mississippi

From The Delta Business Journal; April 30, 2018 The “City of New Orleans Route” passenger Amtrak service from Chicago to…

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May 1st is Amtrak Day: Amtrak Celebrates 47 Years, Looks to the Future

A press release from Amtrak; May 1, 2018: Numerous customer improvements completed, more underway WASHINGTON, May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today,…

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Galesburg, Illinois officials worried about rail tourism

By Rebecca Susmarski, The Register-Mail, April 26, 2018 GALESBURG — Amtrak’s decision to eliminate most private rail service on its…

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Amtrak to eliminate last ticket agent job in West Virginia

By Jeff Jenkins, West Virginia Metro News; April 27, 2018 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Amtrak plans to eliminate its last remaining ticket agent…

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Fly Amtrak! Uh, Mr. CEO, how’s the Weather and where’s the Food?

Note: This is commentary by Russ Jackson, the distinguished retired editor of the Western Rail Passenger Review. Mr. Jackson has…

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Amtrak should focus on medium-distance corridors, says Anderson

From Railway Gazette; April 27, 2018 USA: Amtrak should focus on its medium-distance operations and prioritise investment in a network…

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An Amtrak adventure provides a fun, flavorful travel alternative to flights and road trips

By Kyra Ames, Montana Standard; April 24, 208 One of the perks of living in Montana is not having to…

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Editorial: Why doesn’t Amtrak consider economic development?

By The Editorial Board, The Roanoke Times; April 23, 2018 The Deschutes Brewery may not be coming to Roanoke on…

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