New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg isn’t among the New Yorkers backing a “no ride” list for Amtrak. “I think in a practical point of view, it would be very difficult to enforce,” he told WCBS radio’s Marla Diamond.

Bloomberg’s comments come just days after Sen. Chuck Schumer made a push to protect railroads from possible terrorist attack–an idea reportedly advanced by Osama bin Laden as a “tenth anniversary” attack on the U.S. to mark the 9/11 attacks. “Anyone, even a member of al-Qaida could purchase a train ticket and board an Amtrak train without so much as a question asked,” Schumer said.

Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer is acting swiftly after intelligence recovered from Osama bin Laden‘s compound revealed a desire to attack America’s railways. Yesterday at a news conference Schumer proposed an Amtrak “no-ride list” to keep suspected terrorists off of America’s trains.

It took a few decades, but Amtrak has finally given Vice President Joe Biden the opportunity to be the company’s semi-official mascot. Biden has penned a piece in the January/February issue of the Amtrak-owned Arrive Magazine about his love for the travel medium and its importance in the American economy.

Is there something improper about the Vice President of the United States writing a commercial for a government-owned company?

Tragedy struck a south bound Amtrak train today outside of Philadelphia, after two girls were struck and killed by an high-speed Acela train. Mediaite founder Dan Abrams was in the first car of the train when he felt a large bump. “I was in the front car and the entire train shook. It felt like we were rolling over something.” Abrams continued “Train conductors told us that it was just debris – but upon arriving in Wilmington, Delaware we learned that it was a true tragedy.”

A New York-to-Boston Amtrak train has been stalled outside Providence for over 4 hours because of an “electrical” issue, stranding passengers inside with only one working bathroom  — and Twitter isn’t coming to their rescue. Despite numerous passengers tweeting at theh #amtrak hashtag, the train — which left NYC at 6:20 a.m. and stalled somewhere [...]