Article: Amtrak riding high.(CHICAGO PERSPECTIVE)

Article: Rail Passenger Service Act (1970)
Major Acts of Congress;      569 words ...Rail Passenger Service Act (1970) Stephen C. Rogers C ongress enacted the Rail Passenger Service Act (RPSA) (P.L. 91-518, 84 Stat...Constitution to preserve intercity rail passenger service in the United States. For many...

Article: The Amtrak steeplechase.(CHICAGO PERSPECTIVE)
Railway Track and Structures;  August 1, 2005 ;     659 words ......Caucus Race about Amtrak and rail passenger service in general, I congratulate...I'm coming from, I think rail passenger service has the potential to be...turn for relief besides to rail passenger service? I'd sure be relieved to...

Article: Whither Amtrak? (Chicago Perspective). (situation of rail passenger service).(Brief Article)
Railway Track and Structures;  April 1, 2002 ;     652 words ......Amtrak and the state of rail passenger service in the United States. Following...get something done about rail passenger service. And--dare I say it--bring...Rule out anybody who thinks rail passenger service could be run at a profit...

Article: Thanksgiving day reflections. (Chicago Perspective).(National Railroad Passenger Corp. (AMTRAK) finance)
Railway Track and Structures;  November 1, 2002 ;     631 words ......have long since integrated rail passenger service in their total transportation...awakened to the fact that rail passenger service in this country is a far...and commentary supporting rail passenger service and calling for more, not...

Article: State of Maine railroading: with the Downeaster carrying riders between Boston and Portland, Maine, work is now going on to extend rail passenger service further into the state.
Railway Track and Structures;  October 1, 2002 ;     675 words ......Maine lacked was rail passenger service. But the revived...Amtrak operates the rail passenger service for the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority...extensions will bring passenger service to Brunswick and...

Article: Rail passenger service.(EDITORIAL)
Defense Transportation Journal;  April 1, 2007 ;     642 words ......to thinking (again) about rail passenger service in the US. Perhaps the horrific...much talk of high-speed rail passenger service such as that found in Europe...this nation's source for rail passenger service. Simply put, given the negative...

Article: Letters.
Railway Age;  August 1, 2001 ;     385 words ......highway and airway infrastructure. Intercity rail passenger service under Amtrak has no effect on commerce and is...a locomotive. There may be some markets where rail passenger service could generate overall positive economics. To...

Article: NRC's vision for the future of commuter rail. (NCR News).(National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association)(part one of two)
Railway Track and Structures;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......years, intercity passenger service has been run...high-quality passenger service across the United...stunning success of rail passenger service in the U.S...world-class passenger service across the United...commitment to rail infrastructure...long-distance ...

Article: Turn Amtrak back to the freight railroads?(passenger rail service )
Railway Age;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the reality that rail passenger service is here to stay...Congress now permits rail passenger service to be operated more...representation of rail passenger employees covered...for joint freight/rail passenger operations, federal...

Article: Capitol rail passenger service continues.
Business Wire;  August 24, 1995 ;     234 words ...SACRAMENTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1995--Amtrak California's Capitol rail passenger service has been funded by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and will continue operation between the San Francisco...

Article: Monterey County, California, considers rail. (two rail options including commuter service looked into)(Brief Article)
Railway Age;  January 1, 1998 ;     267 words ......planning agency, is considering development of a rail passenger service that could be financed by California's $2 billion...developing an around the ban, diesel railcar passenger service over existing rail lines to connect tourist...

Article: AMTRAK.(new council member selected)(Brief Article)
Railway Age;  May 1, 2000 ;     45 words ...AMTRAK Reform Council has a new member--James E, Coston, managing partner in the Chicago firm of Coston Lichtman Coston is described as a specialist in equipment-financing law and a longtime advocate of improved rail passenger service. He replaces departing Council member Don Sweitzer.

Article: Tom Downs to Amtrack detractors: "Get out of my face."(Amtrak CEO Tom Downs)(Interview)
Railway Age;  December 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......had it not been for the Rail Passenger Service Act and the creation of...for the provisions of the Rail Passenger Service Act, Downs said. In a way...Staggers was like a second Rail Passenger Service Act, only bigger. Since...

Article: HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDORS.(FY 2001 federal budget request)(Brief Article)
Railway Age;  March 1, 2000 ;     86 words ......CORRIDORS would benefit from President Clinton's FY 2001 budget request for $468 million to go into an Expanded Rail Passenger Service Fund. The money would come from an anticipated surplus in gasoline tax revenues and thus would require an amendment...