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., ...
Amtrak's retired HHP8 electric locomotives - nicknamed "Hippos" during their relatively short operating life - are nearing their return to service as cab cars. The company operated ...
Work is taking place in the Hudson River for the Livingston Avenue Bridge replacement, as seen on Aug. 27 in Albany. The $635 million project to replace the railroad bridge spanning the Hudson River ...
If there are two criticisms you could levy at modern American passenger rail services, the two biggest are as follows. One, they're way too slow, and two, the rolling stock is as old as the hills.
Most railfans will not dispute this statement: The most iconic General Electric locomotives to be employed by Amtrak were the Genesis series. These streamlined, monocoque-body (single shell) ...