The locomotives, called Amtrak Cities Sprinters, are based on Siemens’ latest European electric locomotive and will replace Amtrak equipment that has been in service for 20 to 30 years and has ...

Passengers endured overflowing toilets, jumped from train doors, walked through the dark and dealt with heat-related medical ...

Amtrak awarded a $466 million, six-year contract to Siemens to build the locomotives - a move that creates 250 jobs in Sacramento, Calif., and in Ohio and Georgia, Amtrak officials said.

A recent locomotive failure that stranded passengers on an Amtrak Wolverine train for more than five hours — mostly without ...

The most iconic General Electric locomotives to be employed by Amtrak were the Genesis series. These streamlined, monocoque-body (single shell) workhorses have been everywhere along the passenger ...

Amtrak is developing a plan for installation of cameras in the rest of its locomotive fleet, including Acela Express locomotives, but no time table has been set for those installations.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will ...