Amtrak Train Decouples While Traveling At 125 MPH: Report
An Amtrak Acela train headed toward New York City’s Penn Station at 125 mph literally broke apart and separated as it…
Amtrak Train Hits Freight Train In South Carolina, Killing Two And Injuring 70 (Updated)
An Amtrak passenger train collided with a CSX freight train on Sunday in South Carolina, killing two and injuring at…
Amtrak Train Carrying Congress Members Hits Truck, Killing At Least One: Report (Updated)
An Amtrak train carrying Republican members of Congress to a retreat in West Virginia reportedly struck a dump truck…
Engineer In Deadly Amtrak Derailment Says He Planned To Brake Before Curve But Missed A Sign
The National Transportation Safety Board interviewed the engineer and a conductor last week involved in the Amtrak…
What Causes Amtrak Trains To Derail
The scene Monday along Interstate 5 in Washington was stunning: train cars dangling over the freeway, vehicles…
Amtrak Train Derailment Onto Highway In Tacoma Leads To Six Dead And Dozens Injured (UPDATED)
Amtrak passenger train 501 derailed onto Interstate 5 this morning, according to CNBC. First responders are reportedly…
No Criminal Charges For Amtrak Engineer Involved In Deadly 2015 Crash
The engineer who was operating the speeding Amtrak train that derailed and killed eight people in Philadelphia in 2015…
Massive Crowd Stampedes Out Of NYC's Penn Station After Police Fire Taser On Suspect
Amtrak police fired a taser on two suspects in New York City’s Penn Station, leading to chaos and confusion as…
Potential Big Cuts To Amtrak Are Bad For Everyone, Including Drivers
This may not surprise anyone, but with the incoming administration looking to implement “dramatic” cuts to federal…
$265 Million Settlement Reached Over Deadly Amtrak Crash
Victims of a deadly Amtrak derailment which killed eight people and injured over 200 more in Philadelphia last year…
Ride Amtrak's Beautiful Dome Car And Put Some Joy Into Your Miserable Life
Your life might be a ceaseless conveyor belt of misery taking you to a much-too-late grave, but there’s at least one…
Amtrak Customer Service Is Asking If You're Still Stuck In An Elevator Eight Months Later
Failed GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s former PR person Amanda Carpenter got trapped in an Amtrak elevator at…
Two Dead And Dozens Hurt After Amtrak Train Derails Near Philadelphia
An Amtrak train derailed Sunday morning after it struck a backhoe on the tracks near Philadelphia, killing at least two…
All Of Amtrak's Problems Are Pretty Much Our Own Damn Fault
Everyone who’s ever traveled to Europe, China, or Japan, comes back freaking about all the trains we don’t have. Amtrak…
Amtrak's Wifi May Jump From Absolutely Terrible To Just Kinda Crappy
One of the best things about taking Amtrak, America's Rail System That Is Woefully Inadequate Compared To Europe, is…
Amtrak Chose Not To Deluge Penn Station During Hurricane Sandy
While Hurricane Sandy raged over the New York metropolitan area, the underground infrastructure of the city began to…
This Train Set The Steam Locomotive Speed Record 75 Years Ago Today
The fastest trains in the USA are the Amtrak Acela, which hit a pretty decent 150 MPH. But on July 3rd, 1938, a…
How To Travel From D.C. To Boston, All-Electric, Faster And Cheaper Than The Tesla Model S
Getting tired of all the Tesla stories? I'm not. Getting away from the sideshow that is Elon Musk v. The NYT there's a…
This Is What America's High-Speed Rail System Should Look Like
America is a car country. We always have been, and we probably always will be. But as much as we all love driving, we…
232 Amtrak Passengers Stranded On Train In Rural West Virginia Since Friday Night (UPDATE)
Passengers on Amtrak's Cardinal service (Train 51) heading toward Chicago, Illinois from New York have been stranded in…