AMTRAK ON DRUDGE

[redsandal]

per the Drudge Report -

"FLASH: AMTRAK sets new record in May for number of passengers, revenues... Developing... "

 

[wayman]

per the Drudge Report -
"FLASH: AMTRAK sets new record in May for number of passengers, revenues... Developing... "

Awesome! Prominent placement, high in the left column, with a photo!

Whatever you may think of Matt Drudge and the Drudge Report, this will get seen by a lot of eyeballs, and it's an extremely positive headline and photo for Amtrak.

 

[Long Train Runnin']

what is the Drudge Report is that something from Amtrak?? or a 3rd party thing?

thanks

 

[GG-1]

what is the Drudge Report is that something from Amtrak?? or a 3rd party thing?thanks

Aloha

I have the same question?

Mahalo

 

[redsandal]

June 21, 2008Travelers Shift to Rail as Cost of Fuel Rises

By MATTHEW L. WALD

WASHINGTON — Record prices for gasoline and jet fuel should be good news for Amtrak, as travelers look for alternatives to cut the cost of driving and flying.

And they are good news, up to a point.

Amtrak set records in May, both for the number of passengers it carried and for ticket revenues — all the more remarkable because May is not usually a strong travel month.

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[redsandal]

here's the link on the Drudge Report that takes you to the NY Times story -

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/21/business...fALEBkuXdQIeROQ

Oh! Sorry, the Drudge Report is a news website. He's usually the first one to get alot of stories. I see it on Drudge and then hear about it a day or two later from the major networks.

 

[WhoozOn1st]

Awww, RATS!! I thought it said AMTRAK ON DRUGS

what is the Drudge Report is that something from Amtrak?? or a 3rd party thing?thanks

Aloha

I have the same question?

Mahalo

The Drudge Report is a right wing blog - pretty famous - run by a guy named Matt Drudge. News website my patoot.

 

[redsandal]

Awww, RATS!! I thought it said AMTRAK ON DRUGS

what is the Drudge Report is that something from Amtrak?? or a 3rd party thing?thanks

Aloha

I have the same question?

Mahalo

The Drudge Report is a right wing blog - pretty famous - run by a guy named Matt Drudge. News website my patoot.

Whatever. Here's the link to Drudge. Ya'll can judge for yourselves: http://www.drudgereport.com/

 

[VentureForth]

Hmmm... One interesting line in that article:

Most of the money came from airline-style “yield management,” using a computer to look ahead, see how many seats are filled, and raising or lowering the price on the remainder. Mr. Black said that while the railroad is not set up to make money, “we’re intended to maximize revenues.”

Don't know if that was a Freudian slip or not, but perhaps if the railroad IS set up to make money, then they WILL maximize revenue rather than just intend to.

BTW, Whooz, Far from a Right Wing Blog, Drudge is an equal opportunity offender. 95% of what he reports is on the wires - he just brings news-worthy articles that would otherwise get buried to the forefront. The other 5% is his own reporting with his own sources, ie: breaking the Monica Lewinsky thing (let's not get started on that!). Funny thing is that folks say: "Drudge reports that...." when actually, Drudge just found someone else who made the report.

 

[G]

Annoyed at having to register, I found a link to a Cox newspaper (with a Rafi photo) article dated about a month earlier.

http://www.ajc.com/travel/content/travel/s...vacay_0524.html

...don't know how much the story changed in a month but I didn't have to register.