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, which operates the Cascades service under contact with the Washington and Oregon transportation departments, sidelined four of five Talgo trainsets, of 10 to 12 cars each; the fifth ...

The trainsets normally used on Amtrak's Cascades service in the Pacific Northwest will return to service beginning in early November after being sidelined for more than two months for repairs.

More than 50 Talgo railcars on the Amtrak Cascades line will be replaced “as soon as possible,” the state said Wednesday, one day after the NTSB said the cars didn't adequately shield ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Nearly all trains on the Amtrak Cascades route have been taken out of service due to a mechanical issue. Most of the line's trips will be served by buses through at least March 30.