Standard, no-frills flat cars are the oldest types of rail cars. These are just big, flat platform cars that can carry anything from pipe, rail, and steel beams to tractors and military vehicles.

Amtrak will restore round-trip train service on its Cascades route Tuesday, nearly a week after the company took most of its rail cars on that route out of operation for maintenance. Amtrak last ...

The switch to buses for Wednesday’s scheduled trips, as well as Thursday’s eastbound service, happened after crews found corrosion in several rail cars during a routine inspection. In response ...