New passenger cars were planned to be built as part the since-abandoned high speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison.

Here’s a closer look at how Amtrak determines when to retire a train and where it ends up after it has been replaced.

When introduced in the 1990s, Amtrak’s “Talgo” trains brought new design standards to passenger rail travel in the Pacific Northwest. The Spanish-built cars were sleeker, lower, more ...

SEATTLE — More than 50 Talgo railcars that have served the Amtrak Cascades line since 1998 will be replaced “as soon as possible,” the state announced Wednesday, one day after the National ...

MADISON -- A legislative committee voted to mothball Talgo trains and close the base at the former Tower Automotive plant. Lawmakers instead want to continue using old Amtrak trains. At the time ...

Amtrak sent its two trainsets to its Beech Grove, Ind., maintenance facility and placed them in storage. Amtrak sold those sets for scrap in late 2022. At the very last minute, the Northwest Railway ...

A piece of Pacific Northwest Rail history rolled into Snoqualmie Tuesday morning as the Northwest Railway Museum saved one particular rail car from the scrap heap. If you rode the Amtrak Cascades ...

Amtrak train service in the Pacific Northwest is returning to normal with its Talgo railcars back in service more quickly than expected, Amtrak officials said today. All Talgo trains were ...

For now, ODOT and Amtrak are counting on the state-of-the-art trains, purchased with $38.4 million in 2009 federal stimulus money, to expand daily commuter rail service between Portland and Eugene.

Amtrak train service in the Pacific Northwest is returning to normal with its Talgo railcars back in service more quickly than expected, Amtrak officials said Tuesday. All Talgo trains were ...

All Amtrak Cascades trains are operating again after an 11-day disruption, but with fewer cars and limited seating, ... Oregon's two Talgo Series 8 trainsets remained in operation, ...