Article: Rail Strike Averted as Amtrak, Unions Reach Tentative Deal

Article: Amtrak, Bush administration reach final deal: Systemwide train shutdown averted
Charleston Gazette;  June 29, 2002 ;     693 words ...WASHINGTON - Amtrak and Bush administration officials closed a deal late Friday to help Amtrak get the $200 million it needs to keep passenger trains running through September. The deal helps Amtrak avert the first systemwide shutdown in its 31-ye...

Article: Q: Should Congress phase out the Amtrak system within the next two years?(opposing views)
Insight on the News;  November 24, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Yes: Halt Amtrak;s money-losing system and let private...find two schools of thought regarding Amtrak: Preserve the system at all costs or kill...Both camps are wrong. We need to phase Amtrak out of existence, eliminate useless long-distan...

Article: U.S., Amtrak Agree to Keep Trains Going
The Washington Post;  June 27, 2002 ;     653 words ...Amtrak and the Bush administration agreed last night on a plan to prevent a shutdown of nationwide...according to a joint statement issued by Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta and Amtrak's board chairman, John Robert Smith. The administration and Amtrak would then ask Congress to take further action ...

Article: Fender bender; America's railways.(Reforming Amtrak)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US);  January 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Amtrak may finally be restructured. That does not guarantee a good service AMTRAK'S enemies have wanted to rip apart America's loss-making...years. Now may be the time to do so. A report recommending Amtrak's break-up will be before Congress in February. Norman...

Article: Amtrak draws record ridership: Riding high, despite funding, scheduling issues
Charleston Gazette;  September 8, 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 his three previous Amtrak treks across this nation's rails over the...

Article: Derailed.(Amtrak)
The American Enterprise;  April 1, 2005 ;     464 words ...Amtrak, as usual, is in crisis. As it does every year, America...and tunnels that are well beyond their economic life, Amtrak has been deferring capital expenditure on these items for years. Continued deferral brings Amtrak closer to a major point of failure on the system, writes...

Article: Amtrak Sees New Routes As Track to Profitability
The Washington Post;  February 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Amtrak officials said yesterday that the corporation's plan to...assertion will be placed under a hot light by Congress and by Amtrak critics in coming weeks precisely because it is so different...routes. In fact, Congress started the process that led to Amtrak's "market-based analysis" of routes on the ...

Article: No congressional incentive for Amtrak to do better job
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  February 20, 2005 ;     358 words ...Amtrak is not going to disappear overnight. States are not going to take over rail passenger service. Amtrak will never break even, based on historical performances. And Congress will continue pumping money into Amtrak. Those are givens. It's obvious we have an administration...

Article: Amtrak branches out to stay alive
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 6, 2001 ;     577 words ...Amtrak branches out to stay alive New services include cellular...ARNOLD Associated Press Friday, July 6, 2001 Washington -- Amtrak is branching out in pursuit of new income to stay in business...yourself like a business,' and that's what we're doing," said Amtrak's acting chairman, Michael Dukakis, the ...

Article: Amtrak Picks Successor To Its Fired President
The Washington Post;  August 30, 2006 ;     427 words ...Amtrak's board of directors yesterday selected Alexander Kummant, a veteran railroad and industrial executive...officer of Komatsu America Corp., a construction equipment manufacturer. David J. Hughes has been acting Amtrak president since Gunn left. Amtrak Chairman David M. Laney said Kummant had the ...

Article: Amtrak Wants to Mortgage Penn Station; N.Y. Landmark Would Back $300 Million Loan to Keep Trains Running
The Washington Post;  June 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Amtrak is facing the most serious cash crunch in its 30-year history and has asked for White House permission to use a large...as collateral for a $300 million loan to keep operating, according to officials of the Transportation Department and Amtrak. Amtrak now is more than $3 billion in debt, but this is ...

Article: Amtrak's cash deficit mounting As end to subsidies looms, rail service falling short of fiscal projections
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 4, 1998 ;     461 words ...Amtrak is on pace toward a cash deficit of more than $300 million in 2003, the year by which it must wean itself...of the Transportation Department's inspector general may fuel efforts to plan a wholesale restructuring of Amtrak's operations. But Amtrak supporters say the inspector general's report does not ...

Article: Amtrak, Union Agree On Contract; Tentative Accord Averts Strike for Now
The Washington Post;  November 3, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Amtrak and the union representing its track-maintenance workers...Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, avoided a shutdown of all Amtrak service on the heavily traveled Northeast Corridor from...Whether the deal will stick remains open to question. The Amtrak board and union members must vote to approve ...

Article: Amtrak to Spin Off Corridor; Board Votes to Set Up Separate Subsidiary for High-Cost Line
The Washington Post;  October 14, 2005 ;     668 words ...Amtrak's board of directors has voted to split the train's Northeast Corridor service into...service between Washington, New York and Boston. It would be owned and controlled by Amtrak but have its own president and management who would report to Amtrak's board. David M. Laney, chairman of Amtrak's ...