By Andrew Selden, United Rail Passenger Alliance, Railway Age Magazine; January 4, 2019 Amtrak Senior Executive Vice President Stephen Gardner’s…
By Dan Malouff, Editorial Director, Greater Greater Washington; January 3, 2019 This animation shows how every Amtrak train in America…
By Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure; January 2, 2019 There’s one thing I love about road trips: when they’re over.…
By J. Bruce Richardson, CorridorRail.com; January 4, 2018 Politico Morning Transportation today reports the passing of the legendary Herb Kelleher,…
By Julia Marsigliano, Williamsburg Yorktown Daily; January 3, 2019 NEWPORT NEWS — The Newport News Transportation Center was supposed be…
By Chris Carter, KWQC, NBC 6; January 2, 2019 MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) – City leaders in Moline are hoping a…
Editor’s Note: The original version of this story, published yesterday, January 2nd, indicated there were many unfilled presidential appointments because…
By Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor; January 2, 2019 “Knock, knock.” Seriously, if you’re awaiting a “Who’s there?”…
By Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant; December 28, 2018 Amtrak on Friday cited safety as the reason it refuses to occasionally…
By Mark Schlinkmann, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Cherokee Tribune & Ledger-News; December 31, 2018 While most of a $1.95-billion upgrade of the…
By Faiz Siddiqui, The Washington Post; December 30, 2018 On her daily commute from Baltimore to Philadelphia via Amtrak, Uschi…
From CBS Philly 3; December 30, 2018 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A man was electrocuted after allegedly trying to steal copper…
By Paul Conley, Engineering Editor; and Editor-in-Chief, Railway Track & Structures; December 26, 2018 The effects of the partial shutdown…
By JOHN MATUSZAK, HP Staff Writer, The Herald-Palladium; December 27, 2018 ST. JOSEPH — The Pere Marquette Amtrak train – which…
By Luz Laso, The Washington Post; December 22, 2018 For more than a century, the Long Bridge has carried freight…
By Mary Sugden, Investigative Reporter, WREX NBC 13; December 19, 2018 ROCKFORD (WREX) – It’s a promise Rockfordians have heard…
By Jack Katzanek, Daily Bulletin; December 21, 2018 Amtrak has reached an agreement with the union representing 500 of its…
Opinion By Joseph A. Boardman, Railway Age Magazine; December 21, 2018 Today, as well as for most of its existence,…
From Progressive Railroading Magazine; December 21, 2018 U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) yesterday announced $9.16 million in federal funding toward…
A press release from Amtrak; December 21, 2018: Siemens Mobility awarded $850 million contract for 75 new Tier 4 locomotives…
By Jimmy McCloskey, Metro.co.uk; December 21, 2018 A man who loved riding on top of passenger trains was decapitated after…
By Ed Sealover Reporter, Denver Business Journal; December 20, 2018 The Amtrak Winter Park Express is adding more days of…
The Amtrak engineer charged with the deaths of eight people in a 2015 derailment in Philadelphia is scheduled to face…
By Heather Bellow, The Berkshire Eagle; December 20, 2018 PITTSFIELD — The Berkshire Flyer might be coming, but it might…
By Tom Banse, NW News Network; December 18, 2018 Last December’s Amtrak derailment near DuPont, Washington, did more than cost…