The deadly Amtrak derailment that saw passenger cars fly off the tracks at 100 mph took place at a Philadelphia train junction where freight cars — many of them capable of carrying crude oil — are ...

Debris on the railroad tracks punctured the fuel tank of an Amtrak train Monday, causing about 150 gallons of fuel to leak. Erik Gothberg of the state Department of Environmental Protection said ...

The Economic Policy Institute is calling on Congress to renew the federal commitment to Amtrak and urging lawmakers to avoid the temptation of privatizing the rail system, a proposal that has gained ...

ON TAP FOR TUESDAY: Welcome to March Madness! No, your MT scribe isn’t talking about the college basketball tourney but a playoff of another sort — dueling D.C. conferences. The National League of ...