Daily Archives: February 19, 2016

North Florida Communities Push For Amtrak Service As Train Starts Rolling

Local officials are doing everything they can to restore passenger rail service to the Capital City, and that includes urging local residents to show up to greet Amtrak officials when a test train comes to town. Update 5:08 p.m.: Big crowds in Chipley and Tallahassee greeted Amtrak officials Friday in a show of support for…

Amtrak wows with capital city visit

You could say Jannette Manning Sisco has a familial connection to passenger train travel. The 69-year-old Tallahassee native used to ride Amtrak’s passenger trains more than 50 years ago. Men on her father’s side of the family worked as chefs and porters on the Boston to New Haven route. On Friday, as a buzzing Amtrak…