It includes the Amfleet I cars run on the Northeast Regional line stretching from Washington to Boston, ... A first look at the trains that will replace Amtrak’s 50-year-old rail cars.

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

Although Amtrak ridership continues to rise, the passenger experience onboard Amtrak's aging Amfleet I cars in the Northeast and Midwest has remained static for quite a while. While WiFi and power ...

Amtrak’s current fleet of long-distance railcars, including the Superliner, Viewliner, and Amfleet series, dates as far back as 1979. ... next-generation single-level passenger cars. Amtrak.

Amtrak Cascades will begin restoring train service this week following last week's nationwide grounding of all Horizon-model passenger cars due to corrosion, which left the Cascades line with only ...

Budd manufactured a total of 642 Amfleet I cars from 1975-77, and 150 similar Amfleet II cars from 1980-83. The last intercity passenger cars built by Budd and the first locomotive-hauled cars ordered ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — All Amtrak Cascades trains have returned to regular service after an 11-day disruption caused by the removal of Horizon-model passenger cars from service nationwide, officials ...

After five years and $14 million, Amtrak is ready to introduce its Viewliner, a low-level sleeper car that’s state of the art.Amtrak, which operates the nation’s rail passenger network, will ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — All Amtrak Cascades trains have returned to regular service after an 11-day disruption caused by the removal of Horizon-model passenger cars from service nationwide, officials ...

Senior Public Relations Manager Beth K. Toll told me “there is no basis whatsoever for AmeristarRail’s claims that continued operation of Amfleet I cars on NEC trains is unsafe.” Toll also mentioned ...