[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Switching to renewable diesel has enabled Amtrak to replace more than 2 million gallons of fossil fuel during the past fiscal year and ...

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner is making a switch to bio-diesel made from raw materials like cooking oil. The iconic route takes passengers from San Luis Obispo, through Los Angeles, and down to San Diego ...

The passenger rail company’s 83 new trains use diesel fuel. Amtrak says they’ll cut transportation emissions by expanding rail service. When Norman Forde, Amtrak’s vice president of fleet and ...

Amtrak says that it found the use of a renewable biodiesel fuel blend to power its daily Heartland Flyer train “resulted in no more wear on the locomotive than traditional diesel fuels and no ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — Amtrak will now be operating its ...

DUPONT, Wash. (KOIN) — When Amtrak Train 501 derailed and tumbled onto southbound I-5, diesel fuel from one of the locomotives spilled. At least 250 gallons of diesel spilled, bringing hazmat teams to ...

US-based passenger railroad service provider Amtrak is to upgrade its National Network diesel locomotive fleet currently serving some long distance and state-supported routes. As part of the upgrade, ...

Frequent idling of Amtrak diesel trains at the Rensselaer station puts unhealthy levels of air pollution into the neighborhood, according to testing done by a city citizens group and a Capital Region ...

With financial support from a not-for-profit environmental group, Amtrak is upgrading its diesel locomotives to reduce hours of idling time around the Rensselaer station and repair facility after air ...