The surrounding hills covered in Ponderosa pines provide a fragrant backdrop as you cruise with windows down, occasionally catching the sweet vanilla scent these magnificent trees emit on warm days.

For Amtrak and rail advocates, the ridership boom is both a warning and an opportunity. Air travel continues to deteriorate, ...

A person was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Metuchen on Wednesday, officials said. Metuchen Mayor Jonathan Busch said on social media Wednesday night that person was hit on the New York-bound ...

The new facility at Southampton Yards will enhance maintenance capabilities and improve the overall customer and employee ...

Significant schedule changes could upend rail service for NJ Transit and Amtrak customers in early 2026 so workers can get some of the final pieces in place to open the new Portal North Bridge next ...

Our travel columnist took the California Zephyr during the Thanksgiving rush. And would do it again, with ear plugs.

MUNCIE, IN —An apparent suicide on Muncie's south side on Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, is under investigation. Emergency responders were called to train tracks near Cherry and Ninth streets shortly ...

A train buff has spent more than five years building a stunning working miniature railway track - in his own back garden. James Ardin, 36, created the 660-yard line, which circles his three-acre plot ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Los Angeles startup Parallel Systems has raised $100 million to develop autonomous, electric freight trains ...

The potential $85 million merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern joins 50,000 miles of railroad tracks and would create a company that for the first time in history would control coast-to coast ...