A team of four train buffs with a big reach led the effort to bring back Amtrak service to New Orleans, the Mississippi Gulf ...

Bigger, faster Acela trains on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor between D.C., Philadelphia, New York, and Boston will make their ...

The French-designed, American-manufactured NextGen arrives years late and in a moment when federally sponsored trains are ...

The railroad once represented the American dream of expansion—and exploitation. But is train travel becoming a thing of the past?

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Amtrak’s brand new NextGen Acela trains are set to hit the rails later this month, connecting Connecticut ...

The night was still in August 1939 when the luxury train, on a jaunt from Chicago to San Francisco, crumpled into a remote ...

The NextGen Acela fleet will boast new amenities and a smoother, faster ride, reaching top speeds of 160 mph — 10 mph faster ...

After years of delays, Amtrak has finally announced the launch date for its brand-new, state-of-the-art Acela trains.

When he and his sister were young — 5 and 8 years old, respectively — their parents used to pop Bob and Mary Burt on a ...

A project evaluating new intercity passenger rail lines across North Carolina is igniting new passion for an old form of ...

The diesel-electric locomotive has been a mainstay of freight railroads and many passenger railroads for over a century.

In 2011, 13-year-old Savannah Webster had decided to join her older sister Kelsea, 15, who was hanging out with her friend ...