Amtrak: Airlines, Amtrak cancel service as Irene weakens

The train was apparently knocked off the tracks by a vehicle.By Rachel Tobin After four decades in a quaint but tiny, parking-impaired station in south Buckhead, Amtrak says it needs a new home for its Atlanta operation. By early next year, the federally-run passenger rail service expects to have a preferredBy Prentiss Findlay A rusty barbed-wire-topped fence that surrounds the Amtrak station off East Montague Avenue makes it look more like a prison than a travel destination. It sits in an

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