Article: The Amtrack Story.

Article: Under financial scrutiny, Amtrak comes out clean. (National Railroad Passenger Corp.)
Railway Age;  July 1, 1992 ;     371 words ...How is Amtrak spending its taxpayer dollars? Three members of Congress...travel allowances for Amtrak staff. What the inquiring...noted: In recent years Amtrak's requirement of federal...In fiscal year 1980, Amtrak covered 48% of its operating...In fiscal year 1991, Amtrak ...

Article: Senate Passes Amtrak Funding for 6 Years
AP Online;  October 30, 2007 ;     510 words ...Money-losing Amtrak got a vote of confidence from the Senate on Tuesday...The bill, passed 70-22, also outlines steps to shrink Amtrak's reliance on taxpayer dollars, with a goal of cutting operating costs by 40 percent...opposed the bill because it falls short of demands that Amtrak first ...

Article: The slings and arrows take aim at Amtrak. (Transit Update).(management criticized)(Brief Article)
Railway Age;  December 1, 2001 ;     594 words ......outrageous fortune are nothing new to Amtrak, but they seemed to rain down with increasing...Boyd, Jr., who, in a scathing attack on Amtrak management, said, Rather than a director...to plot a successful commercial course, Amtrak is in the hands of a decorator general...

Article: Amtrak's pursuit of profits. (National Railroad Passenger Corp.)
Railway Age;  March 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Amtrak's $1.3 billion in revenue last year (fiscal year 1990 ended...profits may make it possible. Despite higher ridership, Amtrak's revenue to cost ratio remained at 72%, leveling off after...of increases. To increase that ratio on a regular basis, Amtrak must increase its for-profit lines of business. ...

Article: Et tu, Forbes? (Forbes and other business publications attack Amtrak) (Column)
Railway Age;  December 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......is to have a business press gunning for Amtrak. First it was the Wall Street Journal...specifically, the seeming reluctance of Amtrak Chairman W. Graham Claytor, Jr., to retire...1993 may have been taken directly from Amtrak's annual report, but if Norman had checked...

Article: Riding High? Amtrak Sees Ridership Rise
AP Online;  December 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......whizzing past Mark Hardacre's view from the Amtrak cafe car had nothing on the memorable...things he'd not seen in his three previous Amtrak treks across this nation's rails over...lose them, Hardacre, 53, said recently as Amtrak click-clacked its way from St. Louis to...

Article: Congress gets two Amtrak scenarios, one great, one grim. (Watching Washington)(includes related article on Amtrak's 1995 budget)
Railway Age;  April 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Amtrak President Thomas M. Downs went to Congress on March 23 and sketched a glowing picture of the Amtrak that could be an Amtrak leading the nation into an era of high speed rail; helping urban and regional authorities expand commuter train...

Article: Spanish-Language Amtrak.com Debuts; En Espanol Only a Click Away.
Business Wire;  February 21, 2006 ;     460 words ...WASHINGTON and COCONUT CREEK, Fla. -- Amtrak today announced the launch of a complete Spanish-language version of its website, accessible at Espanol.Amtrak.com and Amtrak.com. Amtrak's website has long served as a valuable portal...

Article: Amtrak of the future: world-class or wimp: Thomas M. Downs takes the helm. (Cover Story) (Company Profile)
Railway Age;  May 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......host-railroad relations--these are problems Amtrak must surmount if it is to be a symbol...Downs has taken the engineer's seat at Amtrak at a time when the carrier is faced with...He has forcefully briefed Congress on Amtrak's dire need for capital investment (RA...

Article: Amtrak Expects to Hit Ridership Records
AP Online;  September 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ABOARD AMTRAK'S LINCOLN SERVICE - The Illinois cornfields...whizzing past Mark Hardacre's view from the Amtrak cafe car had nothing on the memorable splendor...things he'd not seen in three previous Amtrak treks across this nation's rails over the...

Article: Gunn takes first steps to reshape Amtrak. (Perspectives).
International Railway Journal;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...THE new CEO and president of Amtrak, Mr David Gunn, is already starting...Congress continues to debate the future of Amtrak. In his first of three letters to employees...participate in the dismemberment of Amtrak. I am committed to restoring the existing...

Article: Statement on signing the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997.(Transcript)
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents;  December 8, 1997 ;     558 words ......I am pleased to sign into law S. 738, the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997. This Act represents the first Amtrak reauthorization since 1992 and the most comprehensive restructuring of Amtrak since the early 1980s. Amtrak is a significant...

Article: AMTRAK ON FIRM FISCAL FOOTING FOR '99? HURRY UP AND WAIT.(politics of Congressional funding)(Brief Article)(Column)
Railway Age;  August 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......committee will be hammering out the details of Amtrak's Fiscal Year 1999 capital appropriation...short of the $621 million requested by Amtrak, but probably close enough to keep the...operational self-sufficiency by 2002. Amtrak praised the Congressional actions as a...

Article: AMTRAK ON FIRM FISCAL FOOTING FOR '99? HURRY UP AND WAIT
Railway Age;  August 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......committee will be hammering out the details of Amtrak's Fiscal Year 1999 capital appropriation...short of the $621 million requested by Amtrak, but probably close enough to keep the...operational self-sufficiency by 2002. Amtrak praised the Congressional actions as a...