| The redesign program was intended to return the amtrak to Marine Corps standards. |
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| Our table mates were world travelers, having taken trains in Europe but this was their first ride on Amtrak. |
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| However I called Julie the AMTRAK Robot and learned that Train 97 was running about 47 minutes late. |
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| Amtrak logged a record 24 million passengers last year and ridership jumped 80 percent during the Thanksgiving holiday. |
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| Airports closed, Amtrak curtailed service and driving advisories were issued. |
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| Created in 1971 in response to the demise of passenger trains run by private railroads, Amtrak has never shown a profit. |
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| The relationship between Amtrak and the freight railroads was established by law back when Amtrak was set up. |
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| When most of the railroads turned over the operation of their passenger trains to Amtrak back in 1971, The Southern, and Rio Grande refused. |
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| Amtrak said it deployed additional police and canine units at stations, aboard trains and along the railroad. |
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| A nationalised corporation, Amtrak, runs all the trains on tracks owned by a hotchpotch of companies. |
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| We were going to be in Kansas City, but not by the route used by Amtrak, that will soon have catenary. |
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| Amtrak also competes with Greyhound and other private bus lines in passenger carriage. |
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| Amtrak has sold its mail cars and is getting improved dispatching from the Union Pacific Railroad. |
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| On our right as we moved in reverse, we could see various AMTRAK engines, switchers, and Superliner equipment. |
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| This wasn't the usual daily chaos of ScotRail, this was an Amtrak express leaving Penn Station. |
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| Our plans were to stay over that night in Pontiac, in order to get the Amtrak mileage between Detroit and Pontiac. |
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| On Monday morning, I added the Sacramento-San Jose Amtrak express to my list of trains which I've boarded barely before they left the platform. |
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| The little logical fallacy that bugged me the most was the scene where the earthquake followed the Amtrak train. |
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| He updated Amtrak information at the station, including a new menu for the Texas Eagle dining cars. |
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| Just a bit after 400 PM, the speakers began, and the ceremony was emceed by Gil Mallory, President of Amtrak West. |
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| There have been pilot programs to screen passengers and check luggage at two Amtrak stations. |
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| The speed limit on this section of heavier rail on concrete ties is 110 mph for conventional Amtrak trains. |
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| She moved on to become a block operator at Amtrak, then a yardmaster, neither a position traditionally associated with young women. |
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| At an Amtrak inspection point, Pascal Abidor showed his U.S. passport to a federal agent. |
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| Did I? The Amtrak roomette – ugly, ugly, ugly word – is not big in the same way that leptons and quarks are not big. |
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| Now, as is clear from the Amtrak timetable and fare sheet, plenteous train service has gone the way of telegrams and sperm-oil candles. |
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| Amtrak and VIA Rail have restricted the stainless steel superliner equipment for use in Canada. |
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| Amtrak was forced to reroute its Boston to New York railway service, and flooding shut down the I-95 interstate highway. |
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| Thus Mr. McClure's impromptu Amtrak practice session the next morning, fly swatter and iPhone playback included. |
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| Amtrak also operates special sightseeing trains throughout the western United States, such as the California Zephyr and Coast Starlight. |
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| In October Congress reauthorised Amtrak for five years, and included plans to advance intercity and high-speed passenger rail. |
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| Congress is mulling a bill that would allow pets to ride along with their owners on Amtrak trains. |
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| Campbell, along with three other congressmen, pushed the legislation as a mutually beneficial measure for pet owners and Amtrak. |
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| That weakness has made him more reliant on the former Delaware senator who commuted home by Amtrak. |
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| Oh, sure, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich called for slashing foreign aid, the foreign-policy equivalent of Amtrak. |
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| Moreover, there are early signs that GM may have many of the same problems that Amtrak has faced. |
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| Organizers usually stick to standard rail cars on loan from, say, Amtrak, but since this year's trip was slated for Pennsylvania, Levin had a chance to show off a bit. |
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| No American should need me to tell them about Amtrak and residents of Australia's largest city are almost beyond frustration with their dangerous and unpunctual trains too. |
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| Amtrak food can only be adequately compared to the execrable fare that used to await unwary travellers at the highway service stations of my youth. |
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| Amtrak passenger rail services the state, connecting many southern and western Michigan cities to Chicago, Illinois. |
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| The vast majority of rail service in Michigan is devoted to freight, with Amtrak and various scenic railroads the exceptions. |
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| The tracks continue north of Poughkeepsie as Amtrak trains run further north to Albany. |
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| It will use the rail line currently used by Amtrak, which was formerly part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad system. |
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| It also serves as an Amtrak stop, serving the Lake Shore Limited from Boston to Chicago. |
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| Just outside of Philadelphia's 30th Street station, Amtrak Northeast Regional train 188 careened off the tracks on Tuesday night after speeding through a bend at more than 100mph. |
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| Four railroad bridges in the state are also unpassable, and Amtrak announced that it had suspended train service indefinitely on its Vermont routes. |
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| At least five people have died in Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia, mayor Michael Nutter said. |
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| Passengers on board an Amtrak train bound for Boston were stranded for 13 hours when a rockslide blocked the tracks in central Massachusetts. |
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| Supporters note record Amtrak ridership as proof of an increase in high speed rail demand. |
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| Amtrak California Thruway Motorcoach runs a shuttle bus from San Francisco to its rail station across the Bay in Emeryville. |
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| Amtrak long distance and commuter rail services originate from Union Station. |
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| Intercity bus travel is provided by Greyhound, Megabus, and Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach. |
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| Amtrak provides scheduled passenger service along two routes, the Crescent and City of New Orleans. |
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| This year Amtrak intends to purchase 26 new trainsets for operation on the Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston. |
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| Trains are fuller under Amtrak, but it is thought to be largely because there are fewer trains. |
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| I lived in Cincinnati, Ohio when the government took over passenger train service and folded all providers into Amtrak. |
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| In 1986, Amtrak operated a seasonal service in the summer from New York City to Hyannis called the Cape Codder. |
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| Back in the early 80's when Amtrak was CTCing the Northeast corridor the operators union notified Amtrak that only they could operate CTC on ex PRR lines. |
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| Florida is served by Amtrak, operating numerous lines throughout, connecting the state's largest cities to points north in the United States and Canada. |
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| Anyone doubting the long-term market for high-speed rail in Oregon should consider a new study that shows Amtrak ridership thriving in Oregon and Washington. |
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| As ridership increases, we like to increase the service to meet riders' needs,'' said Kathy Sanders, manager of the Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach bus operations. |
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| For passenger rail service, Memphis and Newbern, are served by the Amtrak City of New Orleans line on its run between Chicago, Illinois, and New Orleans, Louisiana. |
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| Amtrak provides interstate rail service throughout New England. |
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| The closest Amtrak station to Pawtucket is Providence Station. |
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| The Amtrak brand revitalization approach represents one of the most ambitious, comprehensive, and systematic experiential marketing approaches I have ever seen. |
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