The Biden administration wants to bring about a new age of train travel. But tension between Amtrak and the freight industry threaten to derail those ambitions. Even when everything goes right, Amtrak ...

The agreement comes as Union Pacific seeks federal approval for its merger with Norfolk Southern railroad. Amtrak has settled a dispute with Union Pacific over delays to one of Amtrak’s long-distance ...

WASHINGTON >> The former head of the Norfolk Southern freight railroad, Charles “Wick” Moorman, has been tapped to be president and CEO of Amtrak, the nation’s passenger railroad, Amtrak officials ...

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Norfolk Southern railroad this week for causing frequent delays of Amtrak trains, in the latest example of the Biden administration pressing freight carriers to ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The crash involving an Amtrak passenger train carrying 128 passengers and a Canadian National Railway freight train in Southwest Memphis on Sunday will be investigated by the National ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Norfolk Southern agreed to give Amtrak trains the highest priority after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with the railroad company Tuesday, to ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The crash involving an Amtrak passenger train carrying 128 passengers and a Canadian National Railway freight train in Southwest Memphis on Sunday will be investigated by the National ...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. congressional measure awaiting President Bush's signature would keep Amtrak hauling freight cars, which it wants to stop, the New York Times reported. The ...