ID:

529

Date:

2009-07-07

Headline:

All (Roaches) Aboard Amtrak

Reporter's name:

Delay/denial:

No

Lawsuit:

No

Fees:

No

Media outlet:

The Smoking Gun

City:

Washington, DC

Summary:

Amtrak issued bulletins in response to cockroach and bedbug sightings in November 2008 and June 2007, respectively, describing how train maintenance personnel should handle the sanitization process; the more recent bulletin notes that more stringent cockroach-remediation programs are being used at two "heavy maintenance facilities."

Notes:

TheSmokingGun.com noted that the Amtrak bulletins were released in response to a FOIA request.

Keywords:

Amtrak, train, transportation, rail, maintenance, cockroach, bedbug

URL:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0709091amtrak1.html

Agencies:

AMTRAK

States:

DC
DE
IN

Categories:

transportation