The warning comes from Paul H. Reistrup, who ordered the cars at issue when he was President of Amtrak in the mid-1970s. Reistrup began his railroad career in a civil engineering capacity with the ...

Amtrak has already had a busy start to the year, with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently sparking an online debate with a proposal to divide Amtrak into three operational entities—a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — All Amtrak Cascades trains have returned to regular service after an 11-day disruption caused by the removal of Horizon-model passenger cars from service nationwide, officials ...

Amtrak Cascades will begin restoring train service this week following last week's nationwide grounding of all Horizon-model passenger cars due to corrosion, which left the Cascades line with only one ...

US-based passenger railroad service provider Amtrak has issued a request for information (RFI) to find information on new rail vehicles that could replace its outdated Amfleet I equipment, including ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A new timeline is being released for replacement trains back on the Amtrak Cascades line after all but one were suddenly removed from service last week. Washington State ...

Amtrak on Jan. 18 released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new fleet of single-level passenger cars to replace its dependable but decades-old, 470-unit stable of Amfleet I and ex-Metroliner cars, ...

Rensselaer Amtrak trains serving the Capital Region will get a fresh new look as part of a $16 million overhaul of 450 of the passenger railroad's oldest Amfleet cars. The work, which includes new ...

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Although Amtrak ridership continues to rise, the passenger experience onboard Amtrak's aging Amfleet I cars in the Northeast and Midwest has remained static for quite a while. While WiFi and power ...