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

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

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 ...

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

So it's not surprising that I'm a big fan of the Auto Train, an Amtrak route unlike any other. It travels between two specific locations, with no stops in between and passengers take their cars or ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to help pay for 122 projects nationwide with more than half of the money going to smaller railroads.

Duke meets The Duke as they celebrate their 10th birthdays // Credit: Lappa Valley Railway A boy has travelled across Europe especially to celebrate his 10th birthday with his namesake resident diesel ...

Amtrak's new, five-month-old Borealis line connecting Milwaukee to the Twin Cities and Chicago hit a major milestone this week. The route, which debuted May 21, has had over 100,000 passengers as ...

The newest Amtrak train making stops from St. Paul to Chicago has reached a major milestone in ridership. The Borealis has seen more than 100,000 passengers since it opened less than six months ago.

ASHEVILLE - With bridges and roads washed away — and critical corridors in Western North Carolina not expected to reopen for months — another major mode of transportation took a devastating ...

The government repaired the tracks enough for freight, but not for Amtrak. Now, local commissioners are asking state lawmakers to join the Southern Rail Commission (SRC), a group made up of ...