A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: Head of Amtrak Transportation at Union Station in Chicago Guilty of Corruption for Steering Work to Wife’s Company CHICAGO — The head of Amtrak transportation at Union Station in Chicago admitted in … Continue reading
Category Archives: Amtrak
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: Twenty-Four Defendants Facing Federal Drug Charges for Transporting Heroin and Cocaine to Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains CHICAGO — Federal charges unsealed today accused 24 individuals of various drug offenses for allegedly using … Continue reading
A press release from Governor Pat Quinn: Governor Quinn Announces $223 Million to Restore Chicago to Rockford Amtrak Service Route Through Elgin, Huntley and Belvidere Will Begin in 2015 and Create Hundreds of Jobs ROCKFORD – Governor Pat Quinn today … Continue reading
On Friday, October 19th, right before the election, Governor Pat Quinn took Amtrak on a 15-mile trip. From Dwight to Pontiac, I think. The train went 111 miles per hour. The problem is that a car can still drive from … Continue reading
Multiply the 40,239 student figure for spring 2011 enrollment by 50, just assuming that high speed rail would have a life of fifty years. They divide that by six, just assuming that the average student takes six years to get … Continue reading
First he said he would. Governor Pat Quinn, that is. That was in Rockford. Then, Quinn said he was going to re-study whether Amtrak should go through Genoa instead. And, he’s decided to run it through Genoa. Not Huntley, where … Continue reading
State Rep. Mike Tryon has sent the following to those on his mailing list: Dear Friends, The General Assembly has adjourned for the summer, and while the State’s financial situation continues to deteriorate, I am happy to report that I … Continue reading
A friend of missing Woodstock mother Beth Bentley asks for help in finding her below: Hi friends, My friend Beth has been missing for 8 days and I am doing anything and everything I can to help in the search … Continue reading
With the McHenry County Board supporting Amtrak stations in both Marengo and Huntley, but common sense saying that Amtrak, which did not want to slow down service to Rockford and beyond with any stops in McHenry County, State Rep. Mike … Continue reading
Yesterday I drove a friend to Belvidere for medical treatment. I had about an hour to wait, so I went exploring in the city I represented in the Illinois House of Representatives for eight years in the 1970’s. Since I … Continue reading
I don’t know which is the bigger story: Green Party candidate Rich Whitney’s coming to McHenry County or the Northwest Herald’s finally covering a 2010 gubernatorial appearance in McHenry County Let’s start with Whitney. I made it to the Woodstock … Continue reading
Although it was not the first to pass a resolution asking for Amtrak service to a station in McHenry County, the McHenry County Board last night did so last night. Governor Pat Quinn announced the route March 29th. Three weeks … Continue reading
True to his word, 16th Congressional District United States Representative Don Manzullo is doing his best to assure that Amtrak will pick up passengers in McHenry County. So far, he has gotten the Rockford Metropolitan Agency for Planning and the … Continue reading
Didn’t know an Amtrak route is planned through McHenry County. Well, if you are a regular reader of McHenry County Blog, you would. Links to McHenry County Blog’s stories follow: April 3, 2010 – Quinn Says Amtrak Going Through Belvidere … Continue reading
I had this great idea for a follow-up story to my Saturday article about Amtrak’s coming to southern McHenry County. What if the Illinois Railroad Museum offered its station to serve Amtrak passengers on the line that Governor Pat Quinn … Continue reading
In a Monday Rockford political press conference (as opposed to a governmental press conference) with his newly chosen running mate former Carbondale city councilwoman and failed candidate for mayor Sheila Simon at his side (proving it was a political appearance), … Continue reading
Monday Rockford-area (and McHenry County) 16th District Congressman Don Manzullo tried to get President Barack Obama and his Peoria-based Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to allocate some high speed rail money to a Chicago route that would include Winnebago County. … Continue reading
16th District Congressman Don Manzullo is calling on former colleague Ray LaHood, for a favor. LaHood is now Barack Obama’s Department of Transportation Secretary, to earmark high speed rail money for a new Amtrak route to Rockford and beyond. Here’s … Continue reading
I find it fascinating that Canadian National, the railroad that wants to skirt Chicago’s track bottleneck by buying the circumferential EJ&E Railroad has found McHenry County Blog. I got an email this past week alerting me to its detective work. … Continue reading
I find it fascinating that Canadian National, the railroad that wants to skirt Chicago’s track bottleneck by buying the circumferential EJ&E Railroad has found McHenry County Blog. I got an email this past week alerting me to its detective work. … Continue reading