New Amtrak Acela trains launched along the Northeast Corridor Thursday, servicing cities from Boston to Washington, D.C.

The mayor and the town of Waxhaw recognized a 6-year-old boy who helped stop a train from hitting a tree on the tracks.

The next-generation trains, part of a $2.45 billion upgrade, can reach 160 miles an hour but are limited by the railroad’s aging infrastructure.

Amtrak's sleek new 160mph tilting Acela trains serving stations on the Northeast Corridor entered service today, but they don ...

In this video, I restore a vintage railroad lamp from the 1950s, originally used for signaling. The lamp is marked with the ...

Amtrak's new Acela trains launched along the northeast corridor this week, making their first stops in Baltimore Thursday. The Acela trains shuttle travelers between Boston and Washington, D.C., also ...

The NextGen high-speed trains feel more like those in China, Japan or France. But topping out at 160 m.p.h., they’re still relatively slow.

Amtrak’s brand new, state-of-the-art high-speed trains officially launched, but there’s a catch—they don’t actually run any faster than the old ones yet. Two of the five next-generation Acela trains ...

Amtrak will launch the first of its new Avelia Liberty trains for riders along the Northeast Corridor just before 6 a.m. from Boston’s South Station, snaking down the coast through New York, before ...

Mumbai's monorail will add two new trains, increasing the fleet to seven, improving capacity and reducing wait times to 15 ...

New owners Adam and Aleks Jeffrey purchased the beloved family attraction in May last year in order to save it from closure. Train enthusiast Adam admits his love of the steam locomotives is an ...

An abandoned railroad track guides a treasure hunter to relics that tell the story of Alabama’s forgotten past.