To prepare for the opening of a new rail line, conductors and engineers typically go through training to familiarize themselves with the route, its landmarks and its speed limits. Amtrak did some of ...

LITTLE ROCK -- Questions about whether Union Pacific Railroad must allow an engineer to bring his service dog to work to help him deal with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder are on hold after ...

Eleven weeks. That's how long it takes to go from average Joe to Amtrak engineer. The transformation takes place at Amtrak's High-Speed Rail Training Facility, housed inside an unassuming beige ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that several factors combined to be the probable cause of a fatal 2017 Amtrak derailment in DuPont, Wash., including track owner Sound Transit’s ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - In a story Aug. 15 about a female railroad engineer, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Ramona Dockter was the first woman to work as a railroad engineer in the ...

The video showed an almost unbelievable sight: a mother very casually walking her young child in a stroller over a railroad track, blatantly ignoring the safety cross arms, blinking lights and ...

LITTLE ROCK — Questions about whether Union Pacific Railroad must allow an engineer to bring his service dog to work to help him deal with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder are on hold after ...

The engineer at the helm of a deadly train derailment in Washington state two years ago is claiming he’s a “victim” of the disaster — and has filed suit against Amtrak for not training him on how to ...

When a child first sees the gleam of a locomotive engine and hears the shriek of a train whistle, the excitement sets in. Most outgrow the fascination. They move on to firetrucks or dinosaurs or boy ...