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	Wikinfo \| Amtrak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Amtrak is the name of an intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States.
		Amtrak is a independent public government corporation, however it is entirely owned by the United States government.
		Amtrak owns 730 route miles of track including 17 tunnels consisting of 29.7 miles of track and 1,186 bridges (including the famous Hell Gate Bridge) consisting of 42.5 miles of track in its network of 22,000 miles of routes.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Amtrak (631 words)

	Three Rivers (Amtrak) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Three Rivers was a daily Amtrak train running between New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois.
		The Three Rivers replaced the Broadway Limited in 1996.
		The route was discontinued, with the last train running on March 7, 2005, due to loss of revenue from the loss of a United States Postal Service contract on the line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Three_Rivers_(Amtrak) (247 words)

	Amtrak, confronting subsidy cuts, threatens to cut Pittsburgh service
		Ticket agent Betty Johnston joined Amtrak in the early 1970s when the federally subsidized rail corporation was a fledgling start-up that could guarantee her a job for just six months.
		The Amtrak Reform Council, a congressional committee, is scheduled to release a report tomorrow recommending that the government break up the railroad and open passenger rail travel to competition.
		Amtrak service from Pittsburgh consists of three eastbound and three westbound trains daily: the Capitol Limited that runs between Chicago and Washington, D.C.; the Three Rivers that runs between Chicago and New York City; and the Pennsylvanian that runs between Chicago and Philadelphia.
	www.post-gazette.com /businessnews/20020206amtrak3.asp (734 words)

	CNN.com - Amtrak seeks more cash for coming years - Feb. 21, 2003
		Amtrak expects to get through the current budget year but says it needs a major increase in federal support to maintain service over the next several years.
		Amtrak President David Gunn said Thursday that Congress made it possible for the passenger railroad to survive another year by granting nearly all of the $1.2 billion requested through September.
		When Amtrak was close to a systemwide shutdown last summer, several states feared it could affect their daily commuter operations.
	www.cnn.com /2003/TRAVEL/02/21/amtrak.finances.ap/index.html (591 words)

	Amtrak & Backpedaling
		Amtrak, the federal intercity rail passenger service agency, is struggling under the multiple burdens of past mismanagement and deception, a marquee high-speed train that doesn't work and, more chronically, a 34-year legacy of consistent underfunding by Congress.
		The second hint that Amtrak is in trouble is this: In March, the railroad discontinued the Three Rivers, its sole remaining New York-Philadelphia-Harrisburg-Pittsburgh-Chicago train.
		The Three Rivers was the last successor to the Pennsylvania Special/Broadway Limited and others of an East Coast-Midwest fleet that once numbered more than 60 trains a day just between here and Pittsburgh.
	mysite.verizon.net /lardil/id354.html (1020 words)

	Dan Chazin's Trip on Amtrak's Three Rivers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		She showed me a notice that Amtrak had placed in their room on the Chicago-Johnstown portion of their trip, apologizing for the delays and stating that they are working with Norfolk Southern to eliminate them by the end of the year.
		This required that the train be spotted at a planked crossing of the northbound track, and necessitated three stops -- one to unload baggage, the second to detrain a passenger from the sleeper, and the third to pick up a number of passengers who would be boarding the coaches.
		All three coaches are pretty full, although there are some empty pairs of seats in the rear coach (mostly those seats which are not adjacent to windows).
	www.trainweb.com /travelogues/dchazin/1999j20a.html (5008 words)

	JS Online: Amtrak bets on the need for speed
		Amtrak plans to focus on providing fast and frequent service on short to medium routes, hoping passengers would find trains quicker than cars, cheaper than planes and less trouble, to boot.
		Amtrak's strategy is to focus on providing swift and frequent service on short- to medium-length routes, with the idea that passengers would find trains faster than cars, cheaper than planes and less hassle than either.
		Amtrak understands how important on-time service is to its customers, and is working with Norfolk Southern and other freight railroads to improve on-time performance, Wolf said.
	www.jsonline.com /news/state/feb00/amtrak13021200a.asp (2813 words)

	A Three Rivers Journey
		The Amtrak Three Rivers Line, named for the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, runs between Chicago and New York, with interim stops in numerous Pennsylvania cities and towns.
		These boats travel the Chicago River, between Union Station, Sears Tower, Navy Pier and the Museum Campus, including the Field Museum (home of the recently reassembled dinosaur, "Sue"), the Aquarium and the Planetarium.
		The Three Rivers cars are among the older Amtrak cars, and the sleeper was a kind that I had not encountered for many years.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/north_american_train_travel/47418 (586 words)

	Bush Plan to Privatize Amtrak Would Shut Down Nation's Passenger Rail System
		A Bush administration's plan to overhaul Amtrak by turning it over to states and private companies is being blasted by critics as a thinly veiled death sentence for national passenger rail service.
		The Pittsburgh market is served by three daily long-distance Amtrak trains -- the Pennsylvanian, which runs from New York City to Pittsburgh; the Three Rivers, which extends from New York to Chicago; and the Capitol Limited, which runs from Washington, D.C., to Chicago.
		Since the reform plan was unveiled Monday, Amtrak President David Gunn has declined comment, saying the railroad wasn't asked for input and had not seen the proposal.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0731-08.htm (859 words)

	Train Travel: Amtrak News
		Amtrak is the National Rail Road of the United States.
		Amtrak Offers Special Fares in the NorthEast for Small GroupsAmtrak has a special promotion going on for small groups in the NorthEast and its called "Share Fare." Fares are as low as $20 per person for a group of 6 people traveling together from Washington DC to Philadelphi.
		The Pittsburg Amtrak station agents are very kind and helpful, but the waiting room chairs are for commuters and not for long distance travelers who have to wait hours plus another hour for a late train.
	www.vacationsbyrail.com /blog/2005/02/amtrak-news.html (1608 words)

	Three Rivers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Three Rivers is also a cocktail made with whiskey.
		Three Rivers Stadium was a sports facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
		Three Rivers was an Amtrak rail line that operated between Pennsylvania Station in New York City to Union Station in Chicago.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Three_Rivers (152 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Amtrak says it will survive 2003 but needs increase in funds for next ...
		WASHINGTON – Amtrak expects to get through the current budget year but says it needs a major increase in federal support to maintain service over the next several years.
		Gunn said Amtrak's importance to the country – debated every year as it turns to the government for money – was highlighted during the blizzard that blanketed the East Coast this week, grounding much air travel.
		Congress ended up giving Amtrak $1.05 billion for the budget year that ends Sept. 30 – $522 million to subsidize operations, $295 million for capital improvements in the Northeast – and $233 million for improvements elsewhere.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20030220-1416-amtrakfinances.html (582 words)

	Chicago and the Amtrak Three Rivers - The Train Traveler
		Amtrak's Three Rivers line travels once daily between New York City and Chicago, via Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
		The Three Rivers arrives at Chicago's Union Station, another grand downtown train station, completed in 1925 after ten years of construction.
		These boats travel the Chicago River, between Union Station, Sears Tower, Navy Pier and the Museum Campus, including the Field Museum (home of the reassembled dinosaur "Sue"), the Aquarium and the Planetarium.
	www.thetraintraveler.com /features/feature11.php (726 words)

	A Serendipitous Flaw: Could Bad Brakes Lead to Fundamental Reform of Amtrak?
		For example, in FY 2004, Amtrak’s Empire Builder, which serves Montana and the Northwest, required a per-passenger subsidy of $175, and the Three Rivers, in Pennsylvania, required a subsidy of $492 per passenger—the highest in the country.
		In response to these reports, on June 13, 2005, Amtrak president David Gunn sent a letter to employees stating that “some of the testimony by… the GAO is false” and that Amtrak is preparing a rebuttal to GAO’s analysis.
		Amtrak’s shortage of customers also plays a role: its trains, on average, are less than half full (45 percent) when they leave the station.
	www.heritage.org /Research/SmartGrowth/wm764.cfm (1636 words)

	Rail Travel Center Springtime in the Ozarks Tour 2005
		Amtrak trains would likely get a lower priority and be charged an "access fee" to use the corridor, probably resulting in slower schedules and a higher cost, if the administration's plan is implemented.
		Furthermore, most Amtrak route miles are on tracks whose owners, the private freight railroads, do not want to run their own passenger trains and have a top priority of opposing legislation to give Amtrak's rights (for track access at reasonable cost) to any other entity.
		Amtrak President and CEO David L. Gunn has made clear his belief that Amtrak pay rates are not excessive, and that the primary focus for Amtrak management in labor negotiations will be productivity and medical cost containment issues.
	www.railtravelcenter.com /Amtrakbudget.htm (13056 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - Amtrak Cuts Train Between Pittsburgh, Chicago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Amtrak cut the Three Rivers service between Pittsburgh and Chicago when it decided to stop carrying mail.
		The end of the Three Rivers meant a halt to rail passenger service in Akron, Fostoria and Youngstown in Ohio and Nappanee, Ind.
		Amtrak still provides service between Pittsburgh and Chicago with its Capitol Limited running through Alliance, Cleveland, Elyria, Sandusky and Toledo in Ohio, and Waterloo, South Bend and Hammond in Indiana.
	cbs2chicago.com /topstories/local_story_066114113.html (235 words)

	amtrak081799
		The Cardinal, the only Amtrak passenger train serving Cincinnati, and many other Amtrak passenger trains have been running hours late much of this summer because of a freight train merger.
		Amtrak officials aren't sure when all the freight train problems are going to be solved.
		Burdened for many years with complaints about late trains and sloppy service, Amtrak's performance improved in recent years and ridership going into this summer was up 5 percent from a year ago.
	www.cincypost.com /news/1999/amtrak081799.html (647 words)

	Light Rail Now - Rail Passenger - Amtrak Fact Check
		Amtrak needs $1.2 billion for a Northeast Corridor-only operation in fiscal 2006; a mere $300 million more would permit nationwide service to continue; another $500 million (for a total of $2 billion) could provide the federal match for a state-controlled corridor development program.
		Amtrak fully funds half (two) of Amtrak's four Portland-Seattle daily round- trips as part of its national network service; the Amtrak-funded trains are Trains 11, 14, 500 and 509.
		Beyond that, Amtrak's disappearance would drastically increase the cost to the state of funding the two Portland- Seattle trains it currently pays for, as well as the single Seattle-Vancouver, B.C. train.
	www.lightrailnow.org /myths/m_amtrak_2005-03.htm (867 words)

	David Michael Burrow
		I mentioned to Margaret that she reminded me of the flight attendants on Aeromexico who were constantly in motion the entire flight.
		Three Mile Island is located in the middle of the Susquehanna River east of Harrisburg.
		Three Mile Island is one of countless islands that dot it, and its tree lined shores made for a lovely ride.
	www.fortunecity.com /oasis/vegas/194/amtrak7.html (3657 words)

	More articles on demise of Three Rivers - On Track On Line Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		On Nov. 1, Amtrak discontinued The Pennsylvanian, a Chicago-Pittsburgh-New York train, although it had shown a 64.5 percent ridership increase (to 124,372 passengers) in its final year.
		Outside her window of the Amtrak train, the dark Indiana night is passing by in a cold, thick, 79 mph blur.
		FOSTORIA - When Amtrak's Three Rivers train whistles out of town sometime tomorrow morning, it will mark the end of passenger service to this northwest Ohio junction city - for the third time.
	www.on-track-on-line.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=9111 (427 words)

	USATODAY.com - Plan imperils long-distance Amtrak lines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		That's up 73% from $521 million this year, but is only about half the subsidy Amtrak says it needs to pay for repairs, upgrades and operating costs.
		Amtrak already has announced that the Kentucky Cardinal, which runs from Chicago to Louisville, will be shut down in July.
		In a statement issued Monday afternoon, Amtrak President David Gunn said that management reforms since his appointment last spring have reduced the number of company executives; canceled a failed venture into freight shipping; and reached out to states for money to pay for service to their communities — all moves the administration has applauded.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2003-02-03-amtrak-plan_x.htm (612 words)

	Amtrak faces additional cuts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Amtrak, the nation's passenger rail system, is facing yet another funding crisis, with Congress potentially cutting as much as $500 million from its annual budget.
		Amtrak officials would not comment on which lines would be cut if they don't get the full amount they asked for, and would not comment on what criteria would be used to determine possible cuts.
		A Cincinnati figure for fiscal 2002, which ends for Amtrak and the rest of the federal government Monday, is not yet available.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2002/09/28/loc_amtrak_faces.html (506 words)

	Pittsburgh to be end of the line for train - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Three Rivers: Pittsburgh will become the westernmost stop for the Chicago-Pittsburgh-Philadelphia-New York City train starting Monday as service through Ohio and to Chicago will be eliminated.
		Cutting the Chicago from the Three Rivers route also will limit service for passengers who board in Greensburg, Latrobe, Johnstown and Altoona.
		Amtrak merged its Pittsburgh to New York Pennsylvanian train with the Chicago to New York Three Rivers train.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_310138.html (442 words)

	TTM web
		Amtrak is planning to give up on hauling mail, so this is an endangered train.
		We are in the Beaver River Valley, still on the former B & O Railway and passing through more of an area that was once part of a broad industrial empire of steel and other manufacturing enterprises.
		Soon we are passing Three Rivers Stadium where the Ohio River forms from the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River, our train’s namesake location.
	www.txtransportationmuseum.org /EAGLE.htm (4398 words)

	Amtrak travel through United States and Canada
		Amtrak travelers aged 62 and over receive a 15% discount off the applicable adult rail fare on most Amtrak trains.
		Bicycles must normally be in containers provided by the passenger or Amtrak; certain trains can handle bicycles not in containers; a reservation for this space is usually required for which a nominal charge is made.
		Safety and Comfort Considerations: Amtrak trains have limited space onboard, therefore, to ensure that the interior environment is kept comfortable and safe, limits to carry-on luggage are being implemented nationwide.
	www.gatewaylax.com /amtrak.asp (2382 words)

	Amtrak to stop service to Nappanee (phillyBurbs.com) \| Pennsylvania News
		Amtrak is ending its Three Rivers route, which runs daily between Chicago and New York and stops in Nappanee at 6 a.m.
		Amtrak is ending mail-hauling service for the U.S. Postal Service, causing passenger service to be stopped on the Three Rivers run, Amtrak officials told The Truth of Elkhart.
		Amtrak began including Nappanee as a stop in 1990, then discontinued the service in September 1995.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/103-09092004-362562.html (317 words)

	Harris Cohen's Trip on Amtrak's Three Rivers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I wonder if they don't care as much with a lower volume/service train such as the Three Rivers as opposed to a Capitol Limited or Lake Shore Limited, or if it is because we are the last train out.
		Today's passenger consist on the Three Rivers is one Refurbished 10&6 Heritage Sleeper, an Lounge, and three Amfleet II Coaches.
		Maybe if Amtrak offered one-person heritage roomettes for say, $150, and two-person bedrooms for $225, it would actually be a good idea, and more people would spend the money to travel first-class.
	www.trainweb.com /travelogues/chicago/1999l18.html (1477 words)

	Amtrak in Pennsylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Three Rivers Line used to continue from Pittsburgh to Chicago.
		Unfortunately the Three Rivers line has been discontinued and riders to Chicago must transfer to the Capitol Limited Line in Pittsburgh for connections to Chicago and Washington D.C. Amtrak’s Keystone and Pennsylvanian Schedules and Travel Guides to all other service locations with their destination and arrival times are available at the Harrisburg Transportation Center.
		Amtrak Trains depart and arrive from New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh daily via the Keystone and Pennsylvanian Lines.
	www.tcrpc-pa.org /SRTP/SRTP_Chapter_05/amtrak_pa.htm (381 words)

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