Amtrak Train Derails in Nebraska

Amtrak Derailment: 175 People AboardAn Amtrak train has derailed near Max, Nebraska, in the state's southwest. The California Zephyr, en route from Emory, California to Chicago, Illinois, was carrying 178 people.Map: Max, NE, Near Amtrak DerailmentApparently the Amtrak train...

Amtrak Service Disruption: NYC To Albany Empire Service Train

Empire Service Train Disruption: New York City To Albany Amtrak Train Suspended, January 24, 2011Amtrak has the cold weather is causing malfunctions to the signals on the Empire Service line between New York City and the capital, Albany."The sub- zero temperatures have caused...

Guns On Trains: Amtrak To Allow Firearms On Trains

Amtrak To Allow Guns On Trains: Amtrak To Change Firearms Policy To Allow Guns In Checked Baggage Want to take your favorite handgun on the Amtrak between NYC and Philly? Well, starting December 15 Amtrak will start allowing guns to be carried on Amtrak trains. Amtrak's new...

Penn Station: New York Power Outage Suspends Train Service

Penn Station in midtown New York City was shut down due to a power outage this morning. Trains service was suspended for several hours, with trains queuing on the tracks leading in from New Jersey. The North...

Obama Woos Doctors on Health Care Reform - Consider the VA

The New York Times is reporting on Today's speech to The American Medical Association (AMA) on Government Health Care Reform.  Many appear skeptical over the Government intervention on any front these...

Winter Weather Stalls Holiday Travelers; Trains, Flights Delayed

See NowPublic's scan tool for real-time holiday travel updates.Hundreds of passengers have been delayed due to snowstorms and icy weather, which have prevented Amtrak trains from running on schedule.  Christmas traffic was held up for nearly 24 hours in some cases;...

Police seize marijuana at Reno Amtrak station

I always loved taking the train but this is ridiculous!!!"Police seize marijuana at Reno Amtrak station November 25, 2008 Kenneth J. Crook of Breckenridge, Colo., was booked into jail on suspicion of possession...

'Amtrak Joe' No More

America has lost its highest profile mass transit commuter:  Senator, and now Vice President-Elect Joe Biden.  Long known for commuting daily on Amtrak between Washington and his Delaware home, Biden made himself the outsider-inside, shunning the salons of...

Chatsworth Metrolink Injury Fact Sheet By Metrolink Accident Attorneys

" Chatsworth—The Chatsworth Metrolink injury fact sheet is a comprehensive itemization of events brought to you by Metrolink accident attorneys as follows: It has been stated that the engineer did not stop for a red light and the Metrolink train crash with the Union...

Amtrak train collides with truck - Seven injured

Not an unusual story, as Amtrak has had more than its share of collisions and derailments over the years.  I travelled across the USA on Amtrak several years ago, and although I am very seasoned to train...

Amtrak trains back on track between New York and Philadelphia

The trains are now running according to schedule."Amtrak suspended train service between New York City and Philadelphia for about 90 minutes “as a precautionary measure” after what the train company called a...

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"News Release National Railroad Passenger Corporation 60 Massachusetts Avenue NE Washington, DC 20002 www.amtrak.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATK-08-015 Contact: Media Relations (202) 906-3860 March 3,...

Yemeni man yells, “I have a bomb” on Amtrak train

"Lock him up, and throw away the key, please. "... a 23-year-old Yemeni man named Basel Saleh Salem Kassem got into an argument with another man on the train and then yelled that he had a bomb.“Allegedly he was causing a disturbance on the train and the conductor attempted...

Fatal Amtrak crash in Rhode Island

CNN is reporting that the passengers are still stuck on the train. If you have any information about this incident, please let us know. "PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An Amtrak express train has struck and killed a worker who was inspecting tracks just outside a train station in...

Amtrak Will Screen Passengers' Bags

Amtrak will start randomly screening passengers' carry-on bags this week in a new security push that includes officers with automatic weapons and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains.The Associated...

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