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Company proposes a cross-country railroad through Harrisburg
A railroad connecting New York City and Los Angeles could go straight through Harrisburg. Dubbed The Transcontinental Chief, the proposed rail line would make it ...
Boy, 13, dies after getting trapped in a storm drain during East Coast flooding
MOUNT AIRY, Md. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy died after he was trapped in a storm drain in Maryland during heavy rainfall and ...
Train derailment in Iowa kills one person, injures hundreds in 1982
About 300 Amtrak passengers aboard the San Francisco Zephyr got a rude awakening on a 1982 morning near Emerson, Iowa. As ...
Would you take a 72-hour train from New York to L.A.? Transcontinental project hopes for 2026
Delaware-based group AmeriStarRail is proposing a new Amtrak train route that can transport people between Los Angeles and New York in 72 hours.
See Ohio stops on proposed 72-hour train route between LA, NY
AmeriStarRail is proposing an Amtrak train route that can transport people between Los Angeles and New York in 72 hours. See where it stops in Ohio.
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Amtrak ridership up, but board concerned by chronic delays, unhappy customers
Passenger train ridership in the U.S. is up, but so are delays, according to Amtrak's top brass during a quarterly Zoom board ...
I traveled long-distance on Amtrak for the first time. These 10 things surprised me.
During a trip from Miami to Tampa, I learned that traveling by Amtrak isn't much cheaper or faster than driving or flying.
72-hour coast-to-coast train route proposed by Delaware-based group may debut in 2026
Delaware-based group AmeriStarRail is proposing a new Amtrak train route that can transport people between U.S. coasts in 72 hours.