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The Way To Really Fly Is Getting Faster

The Baltimore Sun | Candy Thomson | Posted 05.14.2013 | DC

The first of 70 new energy-efficient locomotives destined for Amtrak's East Coast service rolled off Monday morning from a Sacramento, Calif., assembl...

An Unexpected Place For A Wine Tasting

The Huffington Post | Erin Ruberry | Posted 04.25.2013 | DC

WASHINGTON -- Frequent Amtrak riders love to complain about spotty Wi-Fi, occasional breakdowns and passengers who talk loudly into cellphones. But wh...

Can You Solve These Mysteries Of Travel?

Peter Mandel | Posted 04.19.2013 | Travel
Peter Mandel

Heading somewhere far off means running smack into a spectrum of new sights, new sounds, new tastes. But along with these comes the inevitable oven-fresh batch of eye-rolling, mind-blowing, completely incomprehensible Mysteries of Travel.

12 Things You Don't Know About Amtrak

The GypsyNesters | Posted 03.30.2013 | Travel
The GypsyNesters

12) Amtrak serves full, cooked-to-order meals served on real dishes aboard all long-haul routes. These always include a vegetarian selection and often...

Amtrak Hits Bill Clinton's Hometown

AP | Posted 03.25.2013 | Travel

CHICAGO (AP) — Amtrak's Texas Eagle has added a stop in Hope, Ark., birthplace of former President Bill Clinton. Starting April 4, pa...

How A Derailment Proved US Trains Are On Track

Rebecca Dolan | Posted 05.19.2013 | Travel
Rebecca Dolan

Traveling by train is a fresh of fresh air.

Aboard Amtrak's Mountain Climber

AP | By MELANIE CARROLL | Posted 05.13.2013 | Travel

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The journey east on Amtrak's California Zephyr train is as good as the destination. Riding the rails from the San Francisc...

America, Let's Get Back to Work

Edward Wytkind | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics
Edward Wytkind

If we invest in rebuilding our nation, we will also create new jobs that teach valuable skills and support the middle class. But this is not happening because too many in Washington are playing political games and turning a cold shoulder to the millions of Americans stuck in traffic.

10 New Railroad Boom Towns

Posted 03.13.2013 | Travel

Last week, as congressional leaders announced a plan to reauthorize funding for railroads across America, a new Brookings Institution study showed tha...

A Rail Journey Across The U.S.

Ethan Klapper | Posted 04.05.2013 | Travel
Ethan Klapper

When I got to Seattle, I really did feel a sense of accomplishment. I had made it to the opposite coast, crossed three time zones and I got there without stepping aboard a plane or even exceeding 79 mph at a time.

Amtrak Restoring Northbound Service

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 11.02.2012 | Travel

WASHINGTON -- Amtrak will resume service between New York City and Boston on Friday following the repair of commuter rail tracks damaged by Superstorm...

AFSCME Fails to Derail Pat Quinn's High-Speed Rail Roll-Out

David Ormsby | Posted 12.25.2012 | Chicago
David Ormsby

Illinois AFSCME Council 31 attempted on Friday to derail Governor Pat Quinn's effort to showcase the roll-out of high-speed rail in Illinois. But their protest train remained stuck in the station.

Chicago-Detroit Amtrak Train Jumps The Rails

Detroit Free Press | Posted 12.22.2012 | Detroit

An Amtrak train bound for metro Detroit jumped the tracks Sunday in Niles, injuring passengers and causing service disruptions that affected hundreds ...

Rail Nabs Record Despite GOP Attacks

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 10.10.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Amtrak trains carried 31.2 million passengers in the fiscal year ending in September, the highest annual ridership since the railroad wa...

Amtrak-Truck Crash Leaves Many Injured

AP | GOSIA WOZNIACKA | Posted 12.01.2012 | Business

HANFORD, Calif. — Two cars and the locomotive of an Amtrak train carrying about 169 passengers derailed Monday after colliding with a big rig tr...

Amtrak Watchdog: Dangerous Conditions Are Being Overlooked

AP | JOSH LEDERMAN | Posted 10.01.2012 | Home

WASHINGTON -- The conductors, mechanics and engineers who operate Amtrak's trains have been testing positive for drugs and alcohol more and more frequ...

Nan Hayworth Is Not a New York Republican, and the Tea Party Is in the Details

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.26.2012 | New York
Jay Michaelson

Nan Hayworth is presenting herself as a moderate Republican -- a good idea, since her district, where I live, is as purple as they come, voting for Democrats and Republicans alike. But it's also a falsehood.

Amtrak Testing Trains At 165 Mph This Week

AP | Posted 11.24.2012 | Travel

TRENTON, N.J. -- Amtrak is going to break the speed limit in the Northeast Corridor. The rail service announced Monday it will operate test trains ov...

Rail Funding Caught In 2012 Race

AP | JOSH LEDERMAN | Posted 11.10.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Warning to Amtrak from Mitt Romney and Republicans: You're on your own. The platform Republicans adopted at their convention inclu...

PHOTOS: The Personality Of A Train

Pierre R. Berastaín | Posted 11.10.2012 | Travel
Pierre R. Berastaín

There is an entire genre of photography dedicated to documenting the peculiarities of Amtrak trains.

Meeting Amtrak's Cross-Country Passengers

Pierre R. Berastaín | Posted 11.08.2012 | Travel
Pierre R. Berastaín

The different social spaces within the train allow for personal mobility and prolonged social interactions that do not occur in other forms of transportation.

PHOTOS: America Out The Train Window

Pierre R. Berastaín | Posted 11.07.2012 | Travel
Pierre R. Berastaín

For long-distance travel, aerial crafts have replaced terrestrial vehicles. Consequently, we now think in terms of destinations rather than journeys.

California's Coast, Courtesy Of Amtrak

travel.usatoday.com | Posted 08.28.2012 | Travel

NEAR SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Three hours into what will be a long day's, night's, and another day's journey along the edge of the continent, Ron Dou...

Please, No Family Guy at Grandma's

Susan McCorkindale | Posted 10.14.2012 | Parents
Susan McCorkindale

Maybe I'm deluding myself. Maybe I just can't stand the thought of losing someone else that I love. Or maybe, just maybe, my faith is on the money when it comes to my sons.

LOOK: Amtrak's New Gay-Friendly Ad Campaign

Posted 08.01.2012 | Gay Voices

Amtrak's all-inclusive new advertising campaign is drawing praise in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) blogosphere. The new "Ride ...