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?

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

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

For 115 years after Railway Age began publishing in 1856, passenger trains were operated by private-sector railroads. That ...

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 ...

Train stations in the U.S. are more than just destinations for passengers to ride the rails—many are historic design ...

While Amtrak connects much of the US by rail, there's one major city that the train network completely ignores. But why is that?

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