WASHINGTON — Amtrak is cutting fares by 25 percent on some Eastern trains this summer as the national passenger railroad looks to boost demand d...
AP | Posted 06.08.2009 | Chicago
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Union Pacific Railroad and the state of Illinois announced an agreement Friday to assess what must be done to operate both freight a...
usatoday.com | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green
As U.S. rail buffs anticipate the expansion of high-speed rail under President Obama's stimulus plan, four railroad veterans will board a Philadelphia...
Associated Press | Posted 04.25.2009 | Chicago
Amtrak in Illinois will receive $80 million in federal stimulus money to modernize train repair centers as well as to improve security and wheelchair ...
Associated Press | Posted 04.09.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO - Illinois leaders want stimulus money to develop high-speed train travel between Chicago and St. Louis. Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Du...
Amy Ephron | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
There is a movement to strip billions of dollars from the stimulus bill led by Ben Nelson of Omaha (whose Democratic status is debatable) and Susan Collins (Republican) of Maine.
New York Times | Stuart Elliot | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business
Amtrak has attracted some famous customers in the last couple of weeks. First, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, on their way to Washington to be inaugurate...
Chicago Sun-Times | Mary Wisniewski | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago
An Amtrak train derailment just south of Union Station is blocking all Metra trains going in or out on the Burlington Northern, Southwest and Heritage...
Kim Morgan | Posted 01.24.2009 | Entertainment
I'm heading north for the holidays, and I loathe flying, so I'm on the train. Traveling by train got me thinking (again) of some of my favorite train movies.
AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 04.17.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — On one of the biggest travel days of the year, hundreds of Amtrak passengers bound for holiday destinations hunkered down in waiting r...
James P. Hoffa | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama wants to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild this country's neglected infrastructure. He's right. It's really a no-brainer.
ABC 7 | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago
Illinois transportation officials are considering buying more Amtrak passenger cars for popular routes in southern parts of the state. Illinois Depar...
AP | Joan Lowy | Posted 04.17.2009 | Chicago
WASHINGTON - After half a century as more of a curiosity than a convenience, passenger trains are getting back on track in some parts of the country. ...
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 11.13.2008 | Chicago
Amtrak ridership topped 1 million passengers in the past year for the first time in at least three decades on routes between Chicago and Downstate cit...
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 10.31.2008 | Chicago
Amtrak trains will be able to travel as fast as 110 m.p.h. within about a year on portions of routes from Chicago to St. Louis and Chicago to Milwauke...
Cristina Chang | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home
When Joe was a teenager his friends laughed at his stated ambition to be president, but they knew he was determined to make a career of helping people.
Jim Robbins | Posted 07.19.2008 | Living
I had forgotten what travel by rail was like, and after decades of flying around the country and the world, I found it an immense pleasure even though our passenger trains lag behind those of much of the world.
New York Times | MATTHEW L. WALD | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business
Record prices for gasoline and jet fuel should be good news for Amtrak, as travelers look for alternatives to cut the cost of driving and flying. And...
AP | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green