Amtrak bridge replacement project on track

3 February 2012, 3:20 pm

The Amtrak Bridge replacement project in Niantic is right on track with a major aspect of the $125 million dollar project  to take place this weekend.... Read More »

Amtrak service to resume Thursday after crash near Jackson

2 February 2012, 4:06 am

Leoni Township— Amtrak says it expects to restore full passenger service between Detroit and Chicago, one day after one of its trains slammed into a truck that was stuck on the tracks in southern Michigan.... Read More »

Amtrak says will restore full Detroit-Chicago service Thursday after cleanup from crash

2 February 2012, 1:09 am

LEONI TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Amtrak says it expects to restore full passenger service between Detroit and Chicago, one day after one of its trains slammed into a truck that was stuck on the tracks in southern Michigan.... Read More »

Amtrak train crash passenger: 'I thought I was about to die'

1 February 2012, 11:53 pm

An Amtrak train heading from Pontiac to Chicago derailed Wednesday morning after the train struck a tractor-trailer truck in Jackson County. There were no serious injuries, authorities said.... Read More »

Amtrak train derails in Michigan

1 February 2012, 5:19 pm

JACKSON, Mich., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Amtrak says a passenger train heading from Pontiac, Mich., to Chicago derailed Wednesday morning after colliding with a tractor-trailer at a level crossing.... Read More »

Amtrak train derails in Michigan after hitting truck

1 February 2012, 3:00 pm

(Reuters) - An Amtrak train carrying 68 passengers and five crew members struck a semitrailer truck Wednesday morning outside of Jackson, Michigan, partly derailing and sending 10 people to a local hospital, Amtrak and a local official said. Two of the people taken to the hospital were Amtrak crew m... Read More »

Chicago-bound Amtrak train strikes vehicle near Ann Arbor

1 February 2012, 8:14 am

(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) An Amtrak train on its way to Chicago struck “a heavy vehicle” in Michigan, causing the engine and first two cars to derail.There are no reports of serious injuries, but several passengers and crew members on the Amtrak Wolverine Service Train 351 were taken to an Ann Arbor ho... Read More »

Amtrak Train Headed For Chicago Derails In Michigan

1 February 2012, 7:58 am

An Amtrak train heading to Chicago hit a truck and derailed Wednesday morning in southeast Michigan.... Read More »

Amtrak service to resume Thursday

1 February 2012, 6:39 am

Amtrak plans to have its service back on track across Michigan Thursday morning.... Read More »

Take that Amtrak trip sooner, not later

27 January 2012, 12:35 pm

Congressional budget-cutters are not being kind to Amtrak this year, and the outlook is pretty grim. Whatever your view on the relative benefits of spending cuts and tax increases, you can expect the Amtrak system to face budget paring that will almost certainly degrade performance. That means if yo... Read More »

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