Q. Something that has been rankling and pestering me for years came to a head because of your column about Amtrak. Three years ago, my wife and I decided to journey north. We would take Amtrak from ...

An article in The Sun Tuesday incorrectly stated that a presidential emergency board is investigating a dispute between Conrail and two of its unions. In fact, the emergency board is examining the ...

Amtrak, the nation’s passenger rail system, and Conrail, the dominant freight railroad in the Northeast, face the threat of a strike that most likely would begin in June. Although a strike could come ...

With a potential strike imminent next week, Amtrak said Friday that it would stop operating some passenger trains as early as Sunday. Amtrak’s tentative cancellation schedule would not affect its ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A late-running Amtrak train from New York with 123 passengers derailed Wednesday night about 75 yards from the site of a fatal train accident in April. Sixty-nine people were ...

Amtrak officials are trying to persuade small towns between Jacksonville and New Orleans to increase rail speed limits when service between the two cities resumes. That may be difficult in Bonifay, ...

The big silver train screeches to a halt in the half-light of early morning, then hisses as air is released from the brakes. The locomotive sits there panting in the coolness, a fog of condensed air ...

A joint venture led by Morrison Knudsen Corp. has been awarded a $296.5 million contract to design and carry out the electrification of Amtrak`s rail line between New Haven, Conn., and Boston, ...

YOUR RECENT “At a glance” box on Amtrak in the Central Florida Business section was a perfect example of why letting the federal government run a business is a “no-no.” If we take the $625 million ...