WASHINGTON – The first train pulled by Amtrak’s cleaner and more fuel-efficient locomotives pulled out of Chicago’s Union Station on Tuesday en route to Spokane, where it was scheduled to ...

WASHINGTON – On Sunday afternoon, I’ll be boarding an Amtrak train at Union Station, steps from the U.S. Capitol. Sixty-some hours and 2,659 miles later, I’ll disembark in Spokane.

WASHINGTON -- Amtrak reported that the Empire Builder train, which jumped the tracks April 3 in Home Valley, Washington, has been re-railed as investigators seek the cause of the derailment. In ...