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DHS, Amtrak partner to make train travel more secure
A new TSA initiative seeks to secure nation's railways
Tags: Federal Drive , DHS , TSA , See Something/Say Something , Amy Kudwa
Exhibit train visits Baltimore's Penn Station
The traveling display that showcases memorabilia from Amtrak's 40-year history is stopping at Penn Station this weekend.
Tags: Baltimore Penn Station , Chuggington Kids Depot
Schumer: Train travel needs 'no-ride' list
A high-profile senator is calling for stricter security for train travel in the wake of intelligence discoveries following Osama bin Laden's death.
Tags: Charles Schumer , al-Qaida , Osama bin Laden , Adam Tuss , No-Fly list , no-ride list
The District dodges bulk of snowstorm
The D.C. area has been mostly spared by a snowstorm that is dumping large amounts of snow on Southern Maryland, the Eastern Shore.
Tags: weather , weather advisory , snow , Christmas , Winter Weather Warning , Devon Lucie , airports
Norfolk gets first passenger train in more than 30 years
The great success of a new Amtrak line from Boston to Virginia has spurred the train company to add additional stops in some areas that haven't had train service for more than 30 years.
Tags: Norfolk , Richmond , Lynchburg , Hank Silverberg , Thelma Drake , Union Station , Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportat , train
Amtrak riders experiencing minor delays
Amtrak service between Baltimore and Wilmington, Del. was disrupted Thursday night because a commercial power wire was down near Wilmington. Signal problems also caused problems between Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Tags: Baltimore
Gray names Fenty holdover city administrator
D.C. Mayor-elect Vincent Gray Wednesday named a top official in the Fenty administration his city administrator and chose a former Amtrak executive to be his chief of staff.
Tags: Vincent Gray , Allen Lew , Michelle Rhee , Gabe Klein , Gerry Mason Hall , D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission , Office of Public Education Facilities Modernizatio , Nationals Park , Mark Segraves
Accident causes MARC, Amtrak delays
Five MARC commuter rail cars have derailed after a slow-speed collision with a freight train in Union Station's rail yard. MARC's afternoon service is not expected to be affected.
Tags: MARC , Union Station , derailment , Maryland Transit Administration , D.C. Fire and EMS , Pete Piringer , Joe McHugh , Neal Augenstein
New Carrollton to be developed as walkable community
Maryland and Metro are looking for dramatic changes around the New Carrollton Metro. They want a developer to build homes, offices and shops there.
Tags: Metro , New Carrollton , walkable community , Martin O'Malley , WMATA , development , Sprawl & Crawl , Sprawl and Crawl , housing , Purple Line , Orange Line , MARC , Colleen Kelleher , Neal Augenstein
