Amtrak socks us with 5% rate hike
New York Daily News - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-14, 22:15 GMT
Citing labor costs and rising fuel prices, Amtrak Monday raised fares on 13 routes in the Midwest and Northeast by 5%.

Winston family to bike Katy trail
Sherwood Voice - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-19, 08:38 GMT
Eat your heart out, Chevy Chase and Beverly DAngelo; the Winstons have the Griswolds whipped.

Senior Discounts Aren't Always the Best Deals for Retirees
US News & World Report - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-18, 16:11 GMT
Here's how to get the best prices in 4 key areas.

Rails-to-trails projects popular with bicyclists
The Pantagraph - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-17, 06:23 GMT
Rising gasoline prices didn't matter to Greg and Lisa Bonham of Bloomington when they went on vacation last fall. They left their car at home and took an Amtrak train to Missouri to ride the Katy Trail on their bicycles.

Amtrak renames service 'Northeast Regional'
WFMJ Youngstown - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-14, 20:29 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Amtrak's busiest train has a new name. The Regional service on the Northeast Corridor has been rebranded as the Northeast Regional. The service is a slightly slower and cheaper alternative to Amtrak's fastest train, the Acela Express.

Amtrak Mooners Forced To Pull Up Pants
Bayinsider - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-14, 17:43 GMT
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. -- The moons had to stop shining in the Orange County beach town of Laguna Niguel. Sheriff's deputies told some 8,000 partiers to pull up their pants Saturday afternoon, shutting down the annual celebration known as "Moon Over Amtrak."

7:25 a.m.: Train kills blind LaPorte woman
The Herald Bulletin - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-16, 12:37 GMT
LAPORTE, Ind. A 74-year-old legally blind woman was struck and killed by an Amtrak train while walking across the tracks in LaPorte. LaPorte County Deputy Coroner John Sullivan says Gussie M. Baker may have thought she was crossing the track ahead of a slower-moving freight train Tuesday morning.

Blind woman killed by train
The Times of Northwest Indiana - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-16, 06:49 GMT
A 74-year-old blind woman died Tuesday morning after she walked in front of a speeding Amtrak train in LaPorte, authorities said.

Hersam Acorn Newspapers
The Darien Times - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-18, 11:07 GMT
With gasoline prices continuing to rise and the country facing a crisis over energy policy and supply, the issue is expected to be a major one in the battle for the 4th Congressional District.

Blind woman killed by train
The Times of Northwest Indiana - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-16, 06:20 GMT
A 74-year-old blind woman died Tuesday morning after she walked in front of a speeding Amtrak train in LaPorte, authorities said.