Tag: Train

Passengers Stuck on Amtrak Train for 37 Hours

More than 500 passengers on an Amtrak train traveling from the Washington D.C. area to Florida had to spend 37 hours on board their train due to a rail derailment on its route. The Amtrak Auto Train departed at 5.30 pm Monday from Lorton, Va., and was expected to reach its destination in Sanford, Fla.,…


Train Derails After Striking Truck in Tennessee; 2 Injured

COLLEGEDALE, Tenn.—Two train employees were injured in Tennessee when a train hit a semi-truck that was sitting on the tracks waiting for a traffic light to change, causing three locomotives and 10 railroad cars to derail. The collision left “a disastrous mess” Tuesday in Collegedale, a suburb of Chattanooga, the Hamilton County Office of Emergency…


All Aboard for an Affordable Vacation

By Emma Patch From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance An adventure by rail may be one of the best ways to fall in love with travel again. And some trips can be done for a $1,000 or less. Take a Pacific coastal journey The Coast Starlight traverses what many regard as one of America’s most spectacular train…


One Year Later (1933)

First, a pair of blissful honeymooners travel by train. Then, a year later, the same coach is carrying the man to his place of execution. Although it seems hopeless, there are two wild cards on board: the man’s wife and a terminally ill reporter. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch…


Alberta Premier Suggests Hydrogen-Powered Train Between Banff and Calgary

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wrote Calgary Major Jyoti Gondek Tuesday, asking to “work together to explore the option of expanding Calgary’s LRT system to the Calgary International Airport [YYC] and for the potential creation of a rail link between Calgary and Canmore/Banff,” confirmed a spokesperson for Smith. Smith posted the full text of the letter…


Jeers, Scuffles as Trial of 2013 Spanish Train Disaster That Killed 80 Begins

MADRID—The trial of a Spanish train driver and a former head of traffic safety at national rail-infrastructure operator Adif over a train disaster that killed 80 people in the summer of 2013 kicked off on Wednesday, with a protester punching one of the defendants in a scuffle outside the courtroom. In the country’s worst rail…


Amtrak Says It’s Working Quickly to Restore Canceled Trains

Amtrak says it is working to quickly restore canceled trains after President Joe Biden announced that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached. Amtrak said Thursday that it is reaching out to impacted customers to accommodate on first available departures. Amtrak had canceled a number of its long-distance trains this week as a potential…


Amtrak to Cancel All Long-Distance Trains Starting Thursday

DETROIT—Passenger railroad Amtrak said it will temporarily cancel all of its long-distance trains starting on Thursday because of a potential freight rail work stoppage that could start the following day. Amtrak workers are not involved in the labor dispute, but the railroad operates almost all of its 21,000 route miles outside the U.S. Northeast Corridor…


Amtrak to Cancel All Long-Distance Trains for Now

DETROIT—Passenger railroad Amtrak said it will temporarily cancel all of its long-distance trains starting on Thursday because of a potential freight rail work stoppage that could start the following day. Amtrak workers are not involved in the labor dispute, but the railroad operates almost all of its 21,000 route miles outside the U.S. Northeast Corridor…


Amtrak Cancels Some Long-Distance Trains Ahead of Potential Strike

DETROIT—Passenger railroad Amtrak has canceled four long-distance routes starting Tuesday and will cancel trips on another seven long-distance routes Wednesday because of a potential freight rail strike as soon as Friday. Amtrak workers are not involved in the labor dispute but Amtrak operates almost all of its 21,000 route miles outside the Northeast Corridor (NEC)…