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I spent 2 nights in the Amtrak train sleeper car known as a Superliner Roomette from Chicago Union Station to Seattle King ...
The School District of Lee County is seeking $17 million in federal funding for school safety upgrades, including intercom replacements and secure vestibules. The district is working with ...
Work is continuing on critical improvements and repairs at Amtrak’s Lancaster Station. Work is continuing on critical improvements and repairs at Amtrak’s Lancaster Station (LNC). The ...
Amtrak train tracks on Jan. 6 in Castleton-On-Hudson. ALBANY — As Amtrak has cut back on commuter trips between Albany and New York City to allow for the $1.6 billion East River tunnel ...
BANGOR, Mich. — An Amtrak train traveling from Holland to Chicago has been delayed after hitting a tree on the tracks near Bangor. The incident happened around 10 a.m. on Friday on Train 371.
By Matthew Haag With the New Jersey Transit rail system shut down on Friday, commuters in some parts of the state had another train option: Amtrak. But the cost for a ticket to the ride passenger ...
To illustrate the major repairs needed in one of Amtrak’s East River tunnels, a top railroad official only needed to brush his hands along a piece of metal. “This is 130-year-old steel ...
LEMONT, Ill. (WGN) — No significant injuries and minimal damage after an Amtrak train crashed into a commercial truck and trailer at a railroad crossing in southwest suburban Lemont on Thursday ...
“There was a concern that the concrete was going to break away, fall down on the track and potentially a train could strike it,” said David Cooper, a senior principal project manager for Amtrak.
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Amtrak is about to begin massive repairs on two of the four East River train tunnels that were heavily damaged by Superstorm Sandy 12 years ago. It's a one-at-a-time ...
In the past two years, Massachusetts has won a string of large federal infrastructure and planning grants to finance its "compass rail" vision for new Amtrak routes and faster trains through western ...