Best Train Trips In The USA
Train trips may take longer, but they are more affordable than flying and they offer unique glimpses of America's vast countryside.
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Train trips may take longer, but they are more affordable than flying and they offer unique glimpses of America's vast countryside.
As Detroit moves forward in an effort to improve regional transportation, if you take the time now you can find ways around the city and never have to sit behind the wheel.
Officials say the mother attempted to stop for the train, but part of the car was still on the tracks.
Deteriorating conditions on freight railroad-owned routes used by Amtrak have led to additional cancellations to and from the Chicago area Tuesday.
An Amtrak train was shut down for more than two hours after striking a vehicle that was on a set of tracks in metro Detroit.
Amtrak says it's adding 18 trains in Michigan during the Thanksgiving holiday period.
Amtrak says the projects will cause some delays and modify schedules a bit ... but the end result will be upgraded tracks and more reliable service.
More than 30 miles of new track will be installed in Michigan.
Officials in Washtenaw County are trying to figure out what caused a train and semi truck to collide in Ann Arbor Township.
The man told police he swerved to miss a deer and drove through a field and swamp before trying to cross the tracks.
Authorities say a 52-year-old man has died after being struck by an Amtrak passenger train in West Michigan.
Mud, trees and rocks hit an Amtrak passenger train traveling through Washington state Sunday morning, causing several cars to derail, according to a railway spokesman.
The Michigan Department of Transportation and Amtrak are saying full speed ahead on expanding the state's high-speed train service.
Officials say a Chicago-bound Amtrak train collided with a farm tractor in southern Michigan, delaying the train for 95 minutes while authorities investigated the crash.
Amtrak is adding more trains on its Chicago-Michigan route to accommodate increased demand during the busy travel period at the end of December.
Let's get on with business. That's what the latest mayor of Troy is saying, following the recent recall election of Mayor Janice Daniels.
The road to celebrate Thanksgiving is already busy, with holiday travelers hopping the train out of town to their destinations.
Two accidents occurring within hours of each other claimed the lives of two people Saturday in Bloomfield Township.
Federal officials say an Amtrak train that derailed in southwestern Michigan last weekend was on the wrong track due to a reversed switch.
There were more than 170 passengers and four crew members on board when Train number 350 ran off the tracks shortly after 10:00 Sunday morning.
Hall-of-Fame basketball player turned businessman Earvin "Magic" Johnson is part of a group that's submitted a proposal to redevelop the former Michigan State Fairgrounds site in Detroit.
Electronic tickets are now accepted on every Amtrak train.
A New York semi-truck driver has admitted responsibility and been fined for a February Amtrak crash in southern Michigan.
Rail congestion along a Detroit Amtrak route is expected to be alleviated with the addition of a new track to separate the movement of freight and passenger trains.
Reports submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration estimate that a crash involving an Amtrak train in southern Michigan caused nearly $2.3 million in damage.
