Virginia is for lovers, but fishers love Virginia for its wonderful spots, including one on the Chesapeake Bay that's the ...

The Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger application filed with the Surface Transportation Board on Friday attempts to ...

A 22-year old man has been arrested after an earlier cyberattack on the French Interior Ministry's Email servers, which affected more than 20 files including those with criminal records.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash.— Surging floodwaters turned farmland into vast pools, washed out bridges and prompted rescues of people stranded in cars and homes across Washington state on Thursday, as tens of ...

Two successive tugboat collisions with a Susquehanna River railroad bridge on two successive days in 2003 have landed the boat owners and captains in federal court. National Railroad Passenger Corp.

Amtrak will renovate Civil War-era tunnels and replace overhead electrical wires installed when Franklin Roosevelt was president under a new five-year upgrade plan. Amtrak president David Gunn's plan ...

While we think of cars or airplanes when we think of holiday travel, many Iowans board a train. In 2002, just over 46,000 people boarded or got off an Amtrak train in Iowa. Two Amtrak routes go ...

There will be no Amtrak service through Newport News today following a CSX Corp. freight train derailment outside Washington on Thursday morning. The accident occurred at 5:45 a.m. when 19 cars en ...

WASHINGTON – Amtrak unions renewed a threat yesterday to stage a one-day walkout to protest the rail system’s tenuous financial health, after a federal judge rejected management’s request to block the ...

PLAISTOW — At Monday's meeting, selectmen agreed they?d like to see a Downeaster train station in Plaistow, and even a passing train tooted its vote of approval. The Downeaster is an Amtrak passenger ...

NEWFIELDS — A white male in his 30s was killed when he was struck by the Amtrak Downeaster train on Thursday night, according to police. Newfields Police Cpl. Chris Hutchins said the train was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A record 24 million passengers rode Amtrak last year, 2.7 percent more than in 2002, the railroad announced on Wednesday. Amtrak said that the increase was due to lower fares, more ...