Amtrak has played a significant role in American travel for over 50 years. Although not every major city has Amtrak stations yet, millions of passengers still ride its trains on regional and ...

Amtrak retires trains when the cost and effort to keep them running no longer make sense. After decades of service, the metal structure weakens, wiring systems degrade, and mechanical components begin ...

Ninety feet below the East River, Amtrak’s 110-year-old train tunnels are slowly filling with salty water dripping on high-voltage cables as steel is nearly corroded to dust. Above ground, heads of ...

Trains run the tracks in their faraway land, where the world's problems are traded for Christmas morning. And it's always Christmas morning when the Old Hickory Railroad Museum's doors give way to ...

PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — After almost 40 years on the tracks, the original ‘Type 1′ MAX trains will be off the rails by the end of the year, replaced by 30 new ‘Type 6′ trains in Portland. Around ...