BILOXI — Five weeks ago an Amtrak inspection train rolled across South Mississippi for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, and on Wednesday officials met in Biloxi to move along the dream of restoring passenger rail service across the Gulf Coast. Mark Murphy, general manager of long distance service for Amtrak, was aboard the inspection…
Crowds gathered around the small station on 1000 Range St. in Madison on Friday, Feb. 19 to welcome the Amtrak train to the city. Support for the train was clearly displayed, as people buzzed about excitedly, sharing personal experiences from past on riding the train themselves before the service was ended after Hurricane Katrina destroyed…
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…
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…
TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) — Tallahassee could see Amtrak passenger rail service back in the Capital City in four years. A national task force is working to bring back service to the Gulf Coast, after more than a decade. Congress passed a bill last year that created the task force to study the potential to resume…
Imagine hopping on a train in downtown Tallahassee to spend a weekend in New Orleans’ French Quarter, then coming back, twisting through the rural charm of the Gulf Coast. More than a decade has passed since thundering passenger locomotives stopped in Tallahassee or anywhere else east of New Orleans. But that could all change as…