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• Trails and Rails: History on a Train Play Video

  April 21, 2012 4:38 PM

  Trails and Rails, it's a chance to ride the train and see history firsthand. We took the train to learn more about the Amtrak and National Park Service program that trains volunteers to tell passengers about the view out their window. It's a history lesson with a view. ... more »

• Amtrak collides with truck

  October 1, 2011 9:50 AM

  ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say several people were hurt Friday evening when an Amtrak passenger train collided with a truck at a rural crossing in Northern California. Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham says several people on the train suffered "minor to moderate injuries." She said she did not know... more »

• Amtrak collision west of Denver

  July 8, 2011 6:14 AM

  PINECLIFFE, Colo. (AP) - An Amtrak train is back on its way after a minor collision with a Union Pacific truck in a canyon west of Denver. No one was injured. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says the train was headed to Emeryville, Calif., when the accident happened early Thursday... more »

• Jury reaches verdict in Colo. ski train dispute

  July 7, 2011 4:45 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Jurors have reached a verdict in the lawsuit over a failed attempt to bring back the ski train from Denver to Winter Park. The verdict was expected to be announced Thursday afternoon in federal court in Denver. Iowa Pacific Holdings contends it lost more than... more »

• Amtrak stops service to Trinidad, Raton due to fire

  June 14, 2011 10:59 AM

  NEWTON, Kan. (AP) - Wildfires in New Mexico have disrupted Amtrak service in western Kansas. Amtrak says service on the Southwest Chief has been temporarily suspended between Newton, Kan., and Albuquerque, N.M. because of the fires. The Chief will miss stops in western Kansas and parts of southeastern Colorado... more »

• Nine hurt in collision between Amtrak train, commuter train

  June 3, 2011 2:12 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - An Amtrak train bound for southern Illinois has collided with a Metro commuter train arriving at Chicago's Union Station, injuring nine people and severely damaging one Metro car. Metra's chief executive officer Alex Clifford said 1,500 passengers were aboard the train when the accident occurred Friday... more »

• Hurricane Earl still causing havoc for holiday travel

  September 3, 2010 4:09 PM

  Hurricane Earl is causing problems for Labor Day weekend travelers up and down the East Coast as it heads toward New England. Amtrak has suspended train service between New York and Boston until Saturday morning. The rail carrier had planned to stop service by 4:30 p.m. Friday, but trains were... more »

• Amtrak service returning to normal in Northeast

  April 5, 2010 11:37 AM

  Amtrak service to the Northeast is returning to normal. Amtrak officials say they have resumed near full Northeast Regional and Acela Express service for Monday. Service between New York and Boston had been curtailed because of flooded tracks in Rhode Island brought on by record-setting rain storms. Most... more »

• Teenage girls struck by Amtrak train

  February 25, 2010 4:04 PM

  A high-speed Amtrak train struck and killed two teenage girls near Philadelphia. Officials say the Acela train traveling from Boston to Washington, D.C., hit the two girls around 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Norwood, about 10 miles southwest of Philadelphia. Interboro School District Superintendent Nancy Hacker says the 10th-graders... more »

• No charges in Colorado Amtrak threat

  February 3, 2010 3:44 PM

  Prosecutors in Otero County say they won't pursue charges against an ex-convict accused of making a threat against an Amtrak train. Authorities say further investigation revealed the man displayed no bizarre behavior or even made a threat. Ojore Nuru Lutalo, 64, of Elizabeth, N.J., was arrested Jan. 26... more »

• Amtrak passenger detained in Colorado for threats

  January 29, 2010 10:12 AM

  An Amtrak passenger who alarmed fellow passengers by talking about terrorist threats was pulled from the train and is being held in Colorado. Ojore Nuru Lutalo, 64, was arrested Tuesday on an Amtrak passage from Los Angeles to Chicago. Passengers on the train alerted authorities after hearing the man... more »

• Union Pacific OKs revived Ski Train in Colorado

  September 18, 2009 10:01 AM

  The Ski Train may be back this winter after the Union Pacific Railroad agreed to let a new owner use its tracks between Denver and the Winter Park resort. The special passenger train was in danger of dying when the previous owner folded the operation and sold the equipment last... more »

• Senate votes to allow guns on Amtrak

  September 16, 2009 5:12 PM

  The Senate has passed a measure that would let Amtrak rail passengers carry handguns in their checked bags. Supporters say the measure is an effort to give Amtrak riders the same gun rights as airline passengers. Air travelers are allowed to transport firearms in checked baggage so long as they... more »