Amtrak Train Stops To Remove Suspicious Passenger

Amtrak officials say they removed a passenger who was behaving suspiciously from a train in North Carolina on Monday.

The Silver Star was headed to Miami from New York when it stopped in Garysburg, N.C., near N.C. 64. That happened just before 7 p.m. about 30 miles east of Rocky Mount.

Officials declined to say what the passenger was doing. About 250 people were allowed to get back onboard about four hours later.

No injuries were reported.

Report: al Qaeda Wants To Cripple Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor

The world’s economic fears were violently pushed aside on Wednesday by another global threat terrorism.

A massive coordinated attack was launched in Mumbai, India just hours after the FBI warned that Al Qaeda may be targeting New York’s subways and railroads.

If Al Qaeda terrorists have their way there will be chaos and mayhem here this holiday season, a mass transit bomb plot that would probably affect all the subway and train lines at Penn and Grand Central stations.

“The threat is serious, the threat is significant, and it is plausible,” said Congressman Peter King, R-Long Island, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee.

Uniformed officers, including NYPD Counter Terrorism Squad members and Amtrak cops with M-16s, flooded Penn Station Wednesday after the FBI said it had received a “plausible but unsubstantiated” report that Al Qaeda operatives discussed a plan two months ago to bomb New York City’s mass transit system.

The report said: “These discussions reportedly involved the use of suicide bombers or explosives placed on subway/passenger rail systems.”

Sources told CBS 2 HD the plot involved the Long Island Rail Road. If the explosion went off in Penn Station, the source said, it would affect transportation of Amtrak’s northeast corridor between Boston and Washington, LIRR service and New York City subway service.

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Amtrak Security, TSA Show Force In Northeast

Rail passengers from Virginia to Vermont were greeted by a heavy police presence Tuesday morning, as Amtrak, the Transportation Security Administration and local agencies teamed up for a joint show of force.

Officials say the rush-hour deployment along the Northeast Corridor was meant to demonstrate ongoing collaboration and to give local officials a chance to familiarize themselves with the stations. Read more

Amtrak Passenger Stabbed While Sleeping

Amtrak Passenger Stabbed While Sleeping – Considering the recent beheading in Canada an a Greyhound bus, an attempted beheading on another bus, and this… I may consider alternatives to public transportation.

A 24-year-old man was stabbed while sleeping on an Amtrak train just south of the Oregon state line.

The suspect, Armando Avalos, jumped from the train and suffered a broken ankle, authorities said. Avalos, 48, of Oxnard, Calif., was arrested Saturday on charges of attempted murder, parole violation and manufacture and possession of a dangerous weapon. Read more