The Sun-Times sent a reporter and photographer on the first run of the Floridian from Chicago to Miami — on one condition. We ...

Is it time to preserve an Amtrak Genesis P40? The General Electric locomotive defined intercity travel for decades.

New York fire officials reported both fires were under control by 5:50 p.m. Amtrak says trains approaching Penn Station are ...

Good news for Metro-North riders, especially those who take the Danbury, Waterbury and Hartford lines: new locomotives are ...

But some of the grants will be used to bolster training and explore cleaner-burning alternatives to the diesel railroads ... help upgrading to more efficient locomotives. Much of the money comes ...

PLATTSBURGH — With more delays on Amtrak’s Adirondack Line in store ... This through-operation would be supported by using electric and diesel locomotives on each end of the train and changing ...

The Grand Canyon Railway in northern Arizona is on track to go greener thanks to a federal grant to convert a locomotive to ...

The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to help pay for 122 projects nationwide with more than ...