For decades, Americans all over the country have taken rides in trains pulled by a legend and perhaps didn’t even know it.

One of the country's last remaining steam locomotives made a visit to Milwaukee.The Southern Pacific 44-49 rolled into the Amtrak station Sunday afternoon.The locomotive was built in 1941.It ...

TACOMA — When he first realized his Amtrak locomotive would roll at 80 mph into a sharp left curve, engineer Steven Brown kept faith he’d make it to the other side. “I thought I was going to ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The engine of an Amtrak passenger train caught fire Wednesday south of Union Station. Smoke was pouring out of the engine, which was stopped at Roosevelt and Canal.

A dramatic video captured the moment an Amtrak train slammed into a semi-truck hauling several cars in Oklahoma.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Trains on three Metra commuter lines were delayed Friday afternoon, after an Amtrak locomotive derailed at Union Station. Amtrak said part of one train engine derailed, leaving ...

Amtrak's ACS64 Cities Sprinter locomotive is fully digitally controlled, has solid state equipment, and is designed to recover the energy it uses.

The Illinois Railway Museum has added two former Amtrak diesels — an F40PHR and SDP40F — to its collection. Dynamic Rail ...

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Operation Lifesaver (OLI), Amtrak on Jan. 12 released into service a specially painted P-42 diesel, emblazoned on both sides with the message, “See Tracks? Think ...

The new Siemens Charger locomotive, one of eight that went into service in November 2017 on the Amtrak Cascades line.

No less a locomotive enthusiast than Vice President Joe Biden traveled to 30th Street Station in Philadelphia this morning for the inauguration of the ACS-64. (ACS stands for Amtrak Cities Sprinter.) ...

I prefer taking the Amtrak train over driving my Tesla Model 3 on a longer trip in the US Northeast – here's why.