Month: November 2010

ROSEVILLE, Calif. – Union Pacific Railroad has won the 2010 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA), California’s highest and most prestigious environmental honor.

CHICAGO – Amtrak and the Oklahoma and Texas state transportation departments are honored to announce the test of a cleaner and renewable biodiesel fuel blend to power the daily Amtrak Heartland Flyer train has made TIME magazine’s list of “The 50 Best Inventions of 2010.”

CHICAGO – Amtrak announced another new record for Amtrak passenger train ridership in Illinois. Fiscal year-end figures released show healthy increases throughout the nation and particularly in the Midwest.