One wonders what this amount of money would buy for AMERICAN railroads is the US DOT head honcho would get off his derriere & propose similar measures here,...
Yes, we do need some national federal investment in rail infrastructure here in the US. Until recently the private freight RRs have resisted any federal help,...
MINETA'S MISLEADING ALASKA/AMTRAK ANALOGY For Immediate Release Wednesday, July 6, 2005 - #05-21 In yet another attempt to obscure the truth about intercity...
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Amtrak will be deadheading train #2 of July 6th from Houston to NOL tonight....
"JACKSON COUNTY -- Thirty-six scouts and four leaders from Troop 1519 will leave Hattiesburg Tuesday morning on Amtrak's "Crescent" bound for the 2005 National...
"Where safety, design collide... DART system track location helps it log fewer accidents than Metro's Main Street line." For the rest of the story, click this...
*The Peak Oil Crisis: Rationing* By Tom Whipple Falls Church News-Press July 14 - July 20, 2005 VOL. XV NO. 19 http://www.fcnp.com/519/peakoil.htm It has to...
*_washingtonpost.com_* <http://www.washingtonpost.com/> *Fixer-Upper Nation* *By Eugene Robinson Post Friday, July 22, 2005; A23* This country is falling...
Last call.. This trip is sponsored by Passenger Rail Oklahoma and the Trinity Valley Railroad Historical Society, trip starts at the ITC in Fort Worth, August...
It is very funny how some information about trains causes the topic to get off into such foolishness. If I was really looking for a time discussion, normally,...
Problem With New Penn Line Trains Causes Delays Third Engine Failure Delays Trips POSTED: 11:08 am EDT August 5, 2005 WASHINGTON -- MARC officials are...
"IN the transportation bill it recently approved, Congress voted to authorize no fewer than $245 million in federal funds for Metro's train and bus expansion...
*George Chilson: Time to take the train* *Rail transportation would improve economy, quality of life* 10:05 PM CDT on Thursday, August 11, 2005 With soaring...
Hey y'all, The locomotive on P09829 is dead-in-the-water at or near Kissimmee, Fl - reason: unknown. As of this writing (14:37), Amtrak engine #177 is being...
Sorry y'all, I was hearing P09830 on the radio at the same time the rescue engine was getting readied. The train, which reportedly has fuel pump problems, ...
You have been sent this message from tom reiser as a courtesy of www.clarionledger.com. Article title: Metro/State Severe Weather - Amtrak lines could be used...
"Hurricane Katrina has clipped more than 1,100 miles off Amtrak's Sunset Limited, leaving Beaumont without passenger rail indefinitely." For the complete...
FYI: The BIG issue is how to transport New Orleans refugees to San Antonio as Amtrak has annulled the Sunset at San Antonio with NO ALTERNATIVE transportation...
"Amtrak is preparing to announce a significant increase in fares that will push up the monthly cost of commuting for thousands of train riders in the Northeast...
For those mileage collectors who never rode the Santa Fe north of Oklahoma City: Amtrak's Heartland Flyer is being extended for special events in Guthrie OK...
Why can't ODOT and Amtrak extend the Heartland Flyer on a >regular< basis to Guthrie OK? K A Weller "Amtrak: National or Nothing" [Non-text portions of this...
This links to an opinion by Peter A. Picknelly (Peter Pan Bus lines) on how he could run an improved Amtrak. For details and the rest of the story, click this...
