31.   These involved road blocks, interrupting rail services and police controlling the route to the airport.

32.   Amtrak has reversed a decision to eliminate commuter rail service to Boston and three other Massachusetts communities, Framingham, Worcester and Springfield.

33.   Amtrak canceled all passenger rail service through Washington state.

34.   Amtrak made progress in reaching that goal, instituting high-speed Acela rail service in the Northeast Corridor and laying plans for similar lines elsewhere.

35.   Amtrak has been scrambling to make good on its promise to provide rail service between New York and Boston in just three hours by the end of the decade.

36.   Among the biggest worries is disruption of rail service, the main avenue for many industries and farmers to get their products to market.

37.   Amtrak was given a monopoly over intercity rail service.

38.   Amtrak, with its new rail services, makes heading into the big city a delight, especially along the scenic Rhode Island-Connecticut coastal areas.

39.   And improved rail service will reduce automobile pollution and congestion and take pressure off airports.

40.   As a result of the three-week strike, there were no rail services at all in France.