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	Silver Star Limited Edition Print
		The Silver Star illustration is one of six limited edition prints by the award winning graphic artist Michael Schwab.
		Silver Star - New York City to Miami
		Linking the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple with the sun and fun of Florida's beaches, the Silver Star serves the country's East Coast travel corridor, passing through Philadelphia and Washington, DC, before exploring the charm of the South.
	store.amtrak.com /sistedpo.html (159 words)

	Auto Train - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In the mid 1990s, Amtrak replaced all these passenger railcars, which were of the conventional single-level type, with its newer, bilevel Superliner I and II equipment.
		Amtrak and the State of Florida are working on plans to replace the facility in Sanford with a new terminal that can accommodate large numbers of passengers more comfortably.
		Amtrak services are federally subsidized, and are operated by a corporation that, while technically for-profit, in some ways operates like a government transportation agency.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Auto_Train (2120 words)

	Tracks Fatal Again Just One Day Later
		At least 15 of the 133 passengers and 11 crew members aboard the Silver Star, including the engineer, were taken to hospitals with minor injuries.
		Amtrak planned to use buses and other trains to get the uninjured passengers to their destinations.
		No one aboard Monday's Silver Star was injured in that crash, which happened at 3:20 p.m.
	news.tbo.com /news/metro/MGBU42N994F.html (791 words)

	Silver Star (Amtrak) information - Search.com
		The Silver Star is a 1522-mile (2449 km) passenger train route in the Silver Service brand operated by Amtrak, running from New York City south to Miami, Florida via the Northeast Corridor to Washington, DC, then via Richmond, Virginia, Raleigh, North Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, Jacksonville, Florida, Orlando, Florida and Tampa, Florida.
		The Silver Star was originally a service of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, running from New York to Miami and later also St.
		Until November 1, 2004 the Silver Star bypassed Tampa, which was served by the Palmetto.
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	statesman.com
		Amtrak stresses that the car design is very much a work in progress, and indeed, the car which we saw today is already out of date in some small details (more seating has been added, trash receptacles have been relocated, etc).
		When Amtrak is finished tweaking the service, all 25 Amfleet II cafe/lounge cars on the Amtrak roster will be receiving the overhaul.
		Amtrak hasn’t said when the new single level cars will become a permanent addition to its regular services, but if history is any indication, it’s only a matter of time.
	www.statesman.com /blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2007/04/13/amtrak_testing.html (671 words)

	Railroad Ties: Fatal Crash Sparks Painful Memories
		Both men's vehicles were hit by trains on Amtrak's Miami-to-New York Silver Star route that runs parallel to U.S. 92 through much of Hillsborough County.
		Amtrak and CSX crews spent more than 20 hours clearing and repairing the tracks along U.S. Dents and fissures of twisted metal scarred the front of the engine.
		Amtrak passenger train service is expected to resume today for both the single northbound and southbound daily trains through Tampa.
	news.tbo.com /news/metro/MGB46ASOA4F.html (774 words)

	Townhall.com::Search (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Amtrak cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in unnecessary legal expenses, an independent investigator said Wednesday.The legal department of the federally subsidized passenger railroad failed to properly manage its outside law firms, which...
		An Amtrak train carrying 89 people slammed into a tractor trailer Wednesday, killing the truck driver and leaving three passengers with minor injuries, authorities said.The Amtrak Silver Star was heading into the Tampa area when it collided with the...
		An Amtrak passenger traveling with her ailing father waited nearly 23 hours and about 1,000 miles to tell authorities he had died so she could avoid the cost of shipping the body home, police said.The train had reached Chicago when Daniel...
	www.townhall.com /search.aspx?SearchWord=Amtrak&SearchSection= (917 words)

	From the Old Dominion to the Sunshine State and Return on Amtrak's Silver Star
		The southbound Silver Star will be arriving on the northbound track, so passengers cross to the far platform under the watchful eye of one of the station staff.
		Consist of the Silver Star, train 92, is locomotives 838 and 73, mhc's 1523 and 1541, baggage-mail-express 1738, crew dorm 2983 PINE ARROYO, Viewliner sleepers 62030 PATRIOT VIEW and 62035 SHORE VIEW, diner 8554, dinette-lounge 28010, and Amfleet II coaches 25097, 26053, 25038, and 25117.
		She notes that Amtrak can not make the trains run much faster and they are not as inexpensive (in comparison to airlines) as they used to be, so all they really have to sell is customer service.
	www.cwrr.com /Lounge/Reports/silvstar/silvstar.html (0 words)

	Cough Silver
		Silver Age (DC Comics Title) - Silver Age was the collective title of a series of twelve one-shot comic books published by DC Comics in 2000, and of the storyline which ran through them.
		Silver halide - A silver halide is one of the compounds formed between silver and one of the halogens, usually silver bromide (AgBr), silver chloride (AgCl) and silver iodide (AgI).
		Silver (household) - Household silver (the silver) comprises dishware, cutlery and other houselhold items made of sterling silver, usually bought in sets or combined to form sets, such as a set of silver candlesticks or a silver tea service.
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	Amtrak's Silver Bullet
		Amtrak has gotten, well, on track since it first structured its promotion strategy around property tie-ins last spring.
		Amtrak concentrates its promotions on the spring and fall travel periods that are lighter than busy summer and holiday seasons.
		Amtrak ran its first joint promotion last spring when it tapped Broderbund Software character Carmen San Diego to tout special fares and a sweeps.
	promomagazine.com /mag/marketing_amtraks_silver_bullet (0 words)

	Amtrak hits truck in Fla., driver dead - Boston.com
		An Amtrak train carrying 89 people slammed into a tractor trailer Wednesday, killing the truck driver and leaving three passengers with minor injuries, authorities said.
		The Amtrak Silver Star was heading into the Tampa area when it collided with the truck at an industrial rail crossing around 1:45 p.m., Fire Rescue Capt. Bill Wade said.
		The train was heading to Miami from New York, said Tracy Connell, an Amtrak spokeswoman in Washington.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/11/08/truck_driver_dies_in_crash_with_train (234 words)

	Amtrak
		Amtrak's old logo from 1971 to 2000, often called the "pointless arrow" or, less often but officially by Amtrak, the "inverted arrow." On July 6, 2000 Amtrak unveiled "...a new logo whose shape and suggestion of movement convey the comfort and uniqueness of the rail experience.
		Amtrak was established to relieve railroads of their federally mandated responsibility to transport passengers as a priority over freight.
		From the outset, Amtrak was expected to pursue conflicting goals: it was to continue providing a national rail passenger service in the face of a continuing trend of significantly diminished demand and passenger revenue, while simultaneously operating as a self-supporting and theoretically profitable commercial enterprise.
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	Re: Amtrak Silver Star collides with car today. - Trains.com Forums
		Amtrak spokeswoman Tracy Connell said the train, the Silver Star, was on its way from Miami to New York with 161 passengers aboard.
		Today, July 17 another Amtrak train was involved in yet another fatal grade crossing accident when a truck driver drove in front of a train near Tampa.
		It was the Silver Star (though not the same exact train as with the automobile collision).
	www.trains.com /TRC/CS/forums/1169563/ShowPost.aspx (1504 words)

	Amtrak Silver Star Train Travelogue
		We rode Amtrak from Albany to New York City this morning--first time I've had the opportunity to come into Penn Station from the recently reopened tracks that go down the west side of Manhattan.
		The trainset is the one used for the "Ethan Allen" that goes to Rutland, VT with it's mountain scene painted on the baggage car.
		Although Amtrak is getting a little more inventive with their paint jobs, their colors have been, for the most part, boring for the last 25 or so years.
	www.trainweb.com /travelogues/1999/1999b04a_091.html (0 words)

	The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Tourism Column - Space - RedOrbit
		AMTRAK'S STATE PASS RETURNS: When the economy was slow, Florida attractions relied more on intrastate visitors.
		Now, for the fourth year, Amtrak is making intrastate travel more affordable for Florida residents for leisure or business trips.
		Amtrak's Florida Rail Pass allows state residents to travel within the state for a year for $199.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display?id=55671 (555 words)

	United Rail Passenger Alliance :: This Week At Amtrak 2007-05-14
		Amtrak apologists and cultists are the first to whine about Amtrak’s skeletal national system.
		Amtrak’s current leadership seems to be breaking free from the destructive planning shackles of the past.
		We are contemplating re-establishing a route of 643 miles, of which 452 of those route miles are currently in use for the Silver Meteor and Silver Star, and the stations on the remaining 191 miles of former trackage through Ocala are all still in operation for Thruway bus connections.
	www.unitedrail.org /2007/05/14/this-week-at-amtrak-2007-05-14 (0 words)

	FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
		TAMPA, FL (AP) -- An Amtrak train carrying 89 people slammed into a tractor trailer Wednesday at an industrial rail crossing, killing the truck driver and leaving three passengers with minor injuries, authorities said.
		The Amtrak Silver Star was heading into the Tampa area when it collided with the truck carrying scrap metal at about 1:45 p.m., Tampa Fire Rescue Capt. Bill Wade said.
		Wade said the crossing was not on a public road and had warning lights and a crossing gate, but authorities were investigating if they were working properly.
	www.wtlv.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=68694 (215 words)

	tampabays10.com - Tampa Bay's 10 News - WTSP
		Tampa Police say Henry James Montgomery, 45, of Seffner, a father of three and owner of Montgomery Trucking, was struck and killed at the CSX Intermodal yards railroad crossing in east Tampa.
		Tampa, Florida - 75 passengers and 14 crew members, according to Tampa Fire Rescue, on board Amtrak's Silver Star traveling from New York bound for Miami made an unexpected and scary stop short of Tampa's Union Station after their train barreled into a semi-truck.
		Amtrak is determining what repairs need to be made to the train engine which caught fire in the crash, and officials are not sure when the route will resume.
	www.tampabays10.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=43294 (421 words)

	United Rail Passenger Alliance :: This Week At Amtrak 2007-05-18
		Amtrak’s December forecast (issued on March 14, 2007) to keep Acelas rolling safely for FY 2007 has gone from $52.5 million to $57.8 million as posted in the February Report published on May 10, 2007.
		Amtrak’s expense forecast for the Beech Groove (Indiana) facility is $4,180,000 for FY 2007.
		Amtrak, on the one hand say’s the Acela is a stunning “success” and yet, paradoxically, it shut down all its HSR development projects, during the reign of David Gunn.
	www.unitedrail.org /2007/05/18/this-week-at-amtrak-2007-05-18 (0 words)

	Silver Star on Amtrak
		You could never tell that Amtrak is on the verge of bankruptcy from this station.
		The reason for the stopping (which has made us late) is because Amtrak does not own the track on most routes (except Northeast Corridor) which gives the freight railroads priority.
		That is because Amtrak is trying to make up for lost time.
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	CNN.com - One killed when Amtrak train hits truck - May. 6, 2003
		An Amtrak train crashed into a truck Tuesday in southeast Georgia, killing the truck's driver, derailing all 10 train cars and injuring 40 passengers and crew members, Amtrak and Georgia State Patrol officials said.
		EST near Hinesville when a six-wheel truck hauling lumber pulled in front of the Silver Star train en route from New York to Miami, Florida, according to Amtrak.
		Amtrak said preliminary reports indicate the road crossing was marked by standard X-shaped railroad warning signs.
	cnn.com /2003/US/South/05/06/amtrak.accident (342 words)

	Florida - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Florida High Speed Rail Authority, originally formed to implement the high-speed-rail amendment, has vowed to find a way to implement the system without the amendment.
		Amtrak service exists in Florida: Sanford, in Greater Orlando, is the southern terminus of the Amtrak Auto Train, which originates at Lorton, Virginia, south of Washington, DC.
		Florida is served by two additional Amtrak trains (the Silver Star and the Silver Meteor), which operate between New York City and Miami.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Florida (5039 words)

	AccessNorthGa.com - News Articles: North Georgia's Sporting News Weather and News
		Amtrak trains carried a total of 25,374,998 passengers during fiscal 2005, which ended Sept. 30.
		The picture was not, however, quite as positive in eastern Georgia, and the reason is clear: patronage on Amtrak's east coast trains, which serve Savannah and Jesup, suffered as a result of Amtrak's decision one year ago to cut the New York-Miami Palmetto back to a New York-Savannah run.
		Amtrak's remaining New York-Miami runs, the Silver Meteor and the Silver Star, picked up much, but not all of the slack, recording respective ridership gains of 35.6% and 0.6%.
	www.accessnorthga.com /news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=98072 (314 words)

	Amtrak Passengers Frustrated After Two Deadly Crashes - News Story - WESH Orlando
		One person was killed and six were injured Tuesday, when an Amtrak train collided with a semi truck just one day after four people were killed Monday when their car collided with another Amtrak train, WESH 2 News reported.
		After two crashes in two days, people at the Amtrak station said they are frustrated and more concerned about getting home than the crash.
		The earliest passengers said they can get on a train is noon Wednesday and they are not sure if Amtrak will pay for their hotel costs.
	www.wesh.com /news/13698571/detail.html (757 words)

	One Dead In Train Derailment - from TBO.com Breaking News
		Whaite was riding in the rear-most car of a westbound Amtrak Silver Star when the train hit a Mack truck about 3:15 p.m., just east of Park Road.
		At least 15 of the 133 passengers and 11 crew members aboard the Silver Star, including the engineer, were transported to area hospitals with minor injuries.
		No one aboard Monday’s Silver Star was injured when the eastbound train hit a car on the tracks in Lakeland, killing all four occupants at 3:20 p.m.
	www.tboblogs.com /index.php/newswire/story/authorities-investigate-a-reported-train-derailment (843 words)

	FOXNews.com - Truck Driver Dies in Crash With Train (Site not responding. Last check: )
		TAMPA, Fla. — An Amtrak train slammed into a tractor trailer at an industrial rail crossing Wednesday, killing the truck driver, authorities said.
		The Amtrak Silver Star was heading into the Tampa area when it hit the truck, which was hauling scrap metal, fire Capt. Bill Wade said.
		Wade said the crossing was not on a public road and had warning lights and a crossing gate.
	www.foxnews.com /printer_friendly_wires/2006Nov08/0,4675,BRFTrainSemiCrash,00.html (171 words)

	Amtrak hits truck in Fla., driver dead - USATODAY.com
		TAMPA (AP) — An Amtrak train carrying 89 people slammed into a tractor trailer Wednesday, killing the truck driver and leaving three passengers with minor injuries, authorities said.
		The Amtrak Silver Star was heading into the Tampa area when it collided with the truck at an industrial rail crossing around 1:45 p.m., Fire Rescue Capt. Bill Wade said.
		The train was heading to Miami from New York, said Tracy Connell, an Amtrak spokeswoman in Washington.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2006-11-08-amtrak-crash_x.htm (0 words)

	Amtrak News
		Amtrak declines idea to move facility to B.C. Amtrak declines Michigan lawmakers request to move maintenance facility from Indiana.
		Amtrak cancels Acela Express and Metroliner service between NYC and Boston due to CSX freight derailment; substitutes diesel power while electric is restored.
		Amtrak regulars are disappointed in the loss of food service on NYC to Rensselaer route.
	www.railserve.com /railnews/amtrak_news.html (0 words)

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