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[NickG]

An interesting sidenote: Spokesman Dan Stessel recently left Amtrak and followed the great George Warrington's footsteps to New Jersey Transit. According to an article I posted about him a while ago, he was singlehandely responsible for Amtrak's frequent internet updates after the CSX derailment in Alexandria (and probably during the Northeast blackout as well). Now that he's gone, we may have to get used to lame updates like the one I just posted.

[NickG]

From Amtrak's website, 8/24/04:

AMTRAK RESTORES FULL SERVICE TO FLORIDA

WASHINGTON – Amtrak will resume its full Florida service, effective Wednesday, August 25, 2004. Some Florida service has been disrupted since Hurricane Charley made landfall, due to damage to rail infrastructure owned by CSX Transportation and used by Amtrak. Repairs have progressed sufficiently to enable service restoration.

On August 25, the Palmetto (trains 89 & 90) will resume its full New York-Tampa-Miami route. Also, the New York-Orlando-Miami Silver Star (trains 91 & 92) and Silver Meteor (trains 97 & 98) will resume their full routes through Florida.

The Auto Train (trains 52 & 53), operating between Lorton, Va., and Sanford, Fla., returned to regular service on August 15 and other routes were partially restored in succeeding days.

Passengers who had planned to travel on the Amtrak trains during the service disruptions are being re-accommodated. If passengers choose not to be re-accommodated, they may request a refund.