Amtrak Engineer Won't Be Charged In Deadly Crash
Philadelphia prosecutors say the speeding Amtrak engineer involved in a derailment that killed eight people won't be charged.
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Philadelphia prosecutors say the speeding Amtrak engineer involved in a derailment that killed eight people won't be charged.
A fatal pedestrian accident involving an Amtrak train is suspending service on MARC's Penn Line.
Amtrak has modified its schedule for Tuesday, ahead of a winter storm that is forecast to bring snow to the Northeast.
Amtrak and New Jersey Transit trains are halted in New Jersey because of a power line that came down in strong winds.
Amtrak had a record-breaking year with 31.3 million passengers, that's 400,000 more than what they saw last year.
Proposals by the Federal Railroad Administration to upgrade the high-speed rail corridor through the Northeast have raised concerns, and some enthusiasm, from residents in the eight states containing the route of Amtrak's Acela Express from Boston to Washington.
Authorities say a man involved in an armed standoff with police aboard an Amtrak train is in custody Saturday.
A major announcement from Amtrak could change high-speed rail as we know it.
New locomotives on Amtrak's most heavily traveled line three years ago has contributed to a reduction in engine-related delays.
The nation's rail infrastructure is outdated and, in some places, literally falling apart.
Victims of last year's deadly Amtrak derailment aren't buying the findings of federal investigators that the train's engineer likely lost his bearings because he was distracted by an incident with a nearby train.
Deadly derailment. The NTSB details what likely caused an Amtrak to derail near Philadelphia last year, killing more than a dozen people.
Multiple sources tell CBS News that the NTSB is expected to cite operator error as the cause of an Amtrak derailment that left eight dead in Philadelphia.
The oldest survivor of last year's deadly Amtrak derailment is showing significant improvement after severe injuries had him contemplating suicide.
There's more questions than answers a year after Philadelphia's devastating Amtrak derailment. Eight people were killed, including three with Maryland ties.
The FRA is directing Amtrak to essentially retrain workers on basic safety.
It's new technology that could save lives on the rails. Facing a Congressional deadline, Amtrak has installed a system to automatically slow down a speeding train---but some say it's too little, too late.
Amtrak is threatening to shut down a large part of its rail system in the next few weeks if Congress doesn't extend a deadline for certain safety measures.
Federal regulators say most railroads are not on track meet a deadline to install safety technology to prevent deadly crashes, such as the one in Philadelphia that killed three people who had ties to Maryland.
The Obama administration says it's drafting rules to require that railroads install video cameras inside locomotive cabs to record the actions of engineers.
The Obama administration says it's drafting rules to require that railroads install video cameras inside locomotive cabs to record the actions of engineers.
The family of a Maryland man killed in a deadly train derailment says Amtrak is to blame and now they've filed a lawsuit. Bob Gildersleeve was one of eight people killed when the commuter train that had passed through Baltimore flew off the tracks near Philadelphia.
Police say an Ohio man was arrested for an alleged domestic assault that occurred aboard an Amtrak train in western Maryland.
Police say an Ohio man was arrested for an alleged domestic assault that occurred aboard an Amtrak train in western Maryland.