AM 1240 WJON » Amtrak http://wjon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 St. Cloud Amtrak Service to Restart Next Week http://wjon.com/st-cloud-amtrak-service-to-restart-next-week/ http://wjon.com/st-cloud-amtrak-service-to-restart-next-week/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:02:48 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=21867 Amtrak plans to restore its full route between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest next week. That includes service to St. Cloud and points northwest.

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]]> http://wjon.com/st-cloud-amtrak-service-to-restart-next-week/feed/ 0 Creative Commons via Flickr user Andrew Kalat Flooding Disrupts Amtrak Service Again http://wjon.com/flooding-disrupts-amtrak-service-again/ http://wjon.com/flooding-disrupts-amtrak-service-again/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:38:44 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=20325 Flooding in Plains states is disrupting two Amtrak routes. Service on Amtrak's Empire Builder route between St. Paul, Minn., and Havre, Mont., -- including here in St. Cloud -- was suspended since June 21 because of flooding along the Souris River in North Dakota.

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]]> http://wjon.com/flooding-disrupts-amtrak-service-again/feed/ 0 Creative Commons via Flickr user Andrew Kalat Amtrak's Empire Builder Curbed By Freight Backlog http://wjon.com/amtraks-empire-builder-curbed-by-freight-backlog/ http://wjon.com/amtraks-empire-builder-curbed-by-freight-backlog/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:56:10 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=17420 Amtrak says a backlog of freight caused by flooding along rail lines in Montana and North Dakota is disrupting passenger rail service from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest.

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]]> http://wjon.com/amtraks-empire-builder-curbed-by-freight-backlog/feed/ 0 Creative Commons via Flickr user Andrew Kalat Amtrak Service Through St. Cloud Disrupted By North Dakota Flooding http://wjon.com/amtrak-service-through-st-cloud-disrupted-by-north-dakota-flooding/ http://wjon.com/amtrak-service-through-st-cloud-disrupted-by-north-dakota-flooding/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:22:25 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=16932 Flooding in the Devils Lake basin in northeast North Dakota is affecting Amtrak service between St. Paul, Minn., and Spokane, Wash.

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]]> http://wjon.com/amtrak-service-through-st-cloud-disrupted-by-north-dakota-flooding/feed/ 0 Getty Images Pot Bust At St. Cloud Amtrak Station http://wjon.com/pot-bust-at-st-cloud-amtrak-station/ http://wjon.com/pot-bust-at-st-cloud-amtrak-station/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:43:59 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=11448 The St. Cloud Metro Gang Strike Force and Drug Unit got a tip about a large amount of marijuana being smuggled in on an Amtrak train early this morning. Officers learned that a man was bringing the pot from Oregon and would be arriving in St. Cloud. Police arrived at the station just after midnight and arrested a 38-year-old man.

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]]> http://wjon.com/pot-bust-at-st-cloud-amtrak-station/feed/ 0 St. Cloud Amtrak Station (Photo used under Creative Commons from Flickr user Michael Hicks) Amtrak Back On Track After Weekend Stoppage http://wjon.com/amtrak-back-on-track-after-weekend-stoppage/ http://wjon.com/amtrak-back-on-track-after-weekend-stoppage/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:24:08 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=3689 Amtrak trains through St. Cloud are resuming their normal schedule after a weekend weather stoppage in Montana and North Dakota. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says the Empire Builder will return to normal operations Monday in both directions, with departures from Chicago, Seattle and Portland, Ore.

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