Question about Amtrak and 9/11?

[AndrewWickliffe]

Did Amtrak stop running on 9/11?

 

[battalion51]

Except for in and out of Manhattan, Amtrak was still running strong. Amtrak was the big alternative mode of transportation used by stranded airline travelers. Trains were jam packed as everyone who was abandoned far from home struggled to get back to their loved ones.

 

[AlanB]

Actually while Amtrak did stop running into Manhattan for the bulk of the day, from approximately 10:00 AM till about 7:00 PM there was no service near as I could tell at the time, limited service did resume at some point that night on 9/11.

Otherwise, while many trains thoughout the country were stopped and given the once over by police, Amtrak as a whole kept running both on 9/11 and the days afterward.

 

[MrFSS]

I was on Amtrak heading into Boston on 9/11. We were to spend the day seeing the sights, etc and take Amtrak back that evening (to Providence). We got off about 10:30 at South Station and were immediately told no Amtrak trains from Boston. They refunded our ticket and we rode the commuter train right back down to Providence. A day I will never forget.

 

[had8ley]

We also were on Amtrak on that day. We pulled into Meridian MS on #20 to be greeted by the Chief of Police, Mayor, Fire Dept. and bomb sniffing dogs. We sat in the depot for about an hour while they sniffed the train for bombs. I tried to tell the officer not to let the dog near the brake shoes but he didn't listen. His doggie suffered unnecessary nose burns. We were later told that #20 was the only long distance train that made it into NYP on 9/12. Can anybody verify that as we turned in Tuscaloosa to a very late #19 which had to back up to Anniston to have an Arabic person with a fake Canadian passport removed. Only then did we realize how close to home terrorism can strike.

 

[gswager]

I heard that someone with a box cutter was arrest in Texas (Houston?) while he was on Amtrak train.

 

[daveyb99]

I heard that someone with a box cutter was arrest in Texas (Houston?) while he was on Amtrak train.

That would be Fort Worth on 09-12-2001

Here is somebackground info I googled.

I do not advocate the content other than to document the fact of the stop in Fort Worth.

Fort Worth Weekly

911-Review

 

[gswager]

I heard that someone with a box cutter was arrest in Texas (Houston?) while he was on Amtrak train.

That would be Fort Worth on 09-12-2001

Here is somebackground info I googled.

I do not advocate the content other than to document the fact of the stop in Fort Worth.

Fort Worth Weekly

911-Review

The second one, 911review, is what I was looking for. I do remember about the arrest a day after the terrorist attacks.