NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Amtrak has unveiled at a plant in California the first of 70 new locomotives, marking what the national passenger railroad service said it hopes will be a new era of better ...

Amtrak is retiring the AEM-7 electric locomotives that have carried passengers along the Northeast Corridor for 37 years. The trains have traveled more than 220 million miles between Washington, D.C., ...

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 arrive early ...

PUEBLO, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS-64) electric locomotives are now in a comprehensive and rigorous testing program, and are being put through the paces before ...

Amtrak began the debut of its new, faster and more energy-efficient locomotives yesterday in Chicago, when one of them pulled the Empire Builder train from Chicago to Seattle. The ACL-42 locomotives ...

New electric Amtrak trains will reduce traffic jams and save energy, railroad enthusiast Vice President Joe Biden announced last week at 30th Street Station. The trains will start running in the next ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Amtrak has ordered 50 more low-emission Charger locomotives ...

Amtrak is using the Empire Builder route that rolls through Montana to debut new locomotives that it says are cleaner, faster and more fuel-efficient than their predecessors. Engines 301 and 302, ...

For the first time in a generation, a brand-new locomotive will lead Amtrak’s Empire Builder across the prairies and mountains of Montana. This month, Amtrak began using its newly acquired ALC-42 ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better ...