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 ...

SILVANA, Wash — An Amtrak Cascades train struck a downed tree during Tuesday's windstorm, causing significant damage to the cab car. Train 519 was on its way from Vancouver, B.C. to Seattle when it ...

An Amtrak train traveling from Vancouver B.C. to Seattle struck a tree near 212th Street Northwest and Knutson Road near Stanwood Tuesday night, according to Amtrak officials. The incident occurred ...

Vice President Joe Biden revealed on the inaugural episode of the “Late Night with Seth Meyers” show Monday night that he frequently rode in the cab of the locomotive when he was a senator traveling ...

Upon learning that the restroom at Amtrak's Staples Mill Station was off-limits to cab drivers, Ray Muhammad fired off a letter to the boss of the passenger-rail service. "We provide a vital service ...