Amtrak has been using unpowered F40PH locomotives for decades in various corridors across the country. For its ...

A new preservation group, Northeast Rail Heritage, Inc., announced Tuesday (Dec. 3) that it has purchased former Amtrak AEM7 ...

The locomotives that will soon be driving the trains are a brand-new type for Amtrak.

A Brookings Institute report found that Amtrak ridership "grew by 55 percent since 1997, faster than other major travel modes." The company's recent investment in advanced-technology locomotives ...

Bella Dinh-Zarr said the 12-carriage train had engines at the ... Only the rear locomotive unit stayed on the tracks The train involved was operated by Amtrak and Monday's service was the first ...