Policymakers celebrate National Train Day at Mt. Pleasant station
Mount Pleasant News - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-12, 23:33 GMT
Rep. Dave Loebsack, Iowa DOT director Nancy Richardson, and Amtrak board member Tom Carper speak to listeners gathered at the Amtrak station Saturday, May 10, for National Train Day. MPN photo by Mira Cash-Davis.

Teen Driver Killed by Train
FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-12, 20:41 GMT
Rio Vista police say 15-year-old Katelan Baker may have tried to drive around the railroad crossing arms when she was hit and killed by an Amtrak train. Residents say it's not uncommon for drivers to go around the barricade because the crossing arms do not work properly.

DSI on Tracks!
Centre Daily Times - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-12, 19:59 GMT
DSI (Distribution & Service, Inc.) is pleased to announce they have reached a three-year distribution agreement with the largest rail passenger system in the U.S. On April 1st, 2008, DSI was selected to act as the sole distributor for all of Amtrak's frozen food. DSI's relationship with Amtrak started over four years ago.

NJ Transit revises schedules while rail ties are replaced
Asbury Park Press - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-12, 12:07 GMT
Amtrak on Sunday began replacing the first of 85,000 cracked concrete railroad ties on the Northeast Corridor, a project that will take one track out of service on part of the line and affect New Jersey riders who travel at times other than the morning and evening rush.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight train making full runs again
Los Angeles Times - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-11, 10:20 GMT
Full throttle for Coast Starlight

Stuck Amtrak Train Frustrates Passengers
FOX 5 New York - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-10, 03:26 GMT
An Amtrak train heading from Boston to Virginia lost power outside Penn Station, stranding travelers for more than three hours. Riders say they were stuck without lights, air conditioning, clean water and working toilets. Eventually, a diesel locomotive pulled the train into the station.

Metro upgrading aging route signs
Seattle Times - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-14, 08:29 GMT
Maybe it's the aging population. Or maybe it's the aging signs. Metro plans to replace all 9,400 of its bus signs over the next three years...

US Rep.: High speed rail will ease transport woes
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 21:05 GMT
The development of a high-speed rail network in the Northeastern U.S. should be the first step toward expanding and improving the nation's infrastructure, U.S. Rep. John L. Mica said at a conference Tuesday.

Developers vying to finish Maine Street Station plans
The Times Record - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-14, 17:00 GMT
BRUNSWICK Just two weeks before the Planning Board will consider granting final approval to JHR Development of Maine for the Maine Street Station project, town officials and residents on Tuesday continued to express concerns about the plans, with planning staff insisting JHR submit additional traffic analysis by the end of the week.

Rio Vista HS student killed at railroad crossing
Cleburne Times-Review - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-12, 17:36 GMT
A 15-year-old Rio Vista girl died Sunday after an Amtrak train struck her 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer. Rescue workers pronounced Katelan Baker of Rio Vista dead at the scene.