While officially called NPCU's (Non-Powered-Control-Unit) by Amtrak, these earned the nickname 'cabbage car' for its dual use cab car/baggage car design.

All aboard! Train travel in the Pacific Northwest is roaring back, with Amtrak Cascades trains seeing a 75% jump in ridership last year. Why it matters: Train ridership fell hard during the pandemic.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Thirty years since it launched, Amtrak Cascades is seeing some of its highest ridership levels ever ...

SEATTLE — On December 18, 2017, an Amtrak train making its inaugural run of a new, faster service route between Seattle and Portland derailed near DuPont, Washington. The train was going too ...

Amtrak completed its inaugural trip on a temporary new route connecting Chicago and Miami in a journey that takes about 47 ...

Read More: I went aboard Amtrak's new long-distance trains aiming to transform America's languishing rail network, and now I want to take a cross-country train trip But the passenger cars were not ...

Trains depart Williams daily at 9:30 a.m ... riders on the two-hour trip between Seattle and Bellingham on the Amtrak Cascades route. Passengers depart from Seattle’s recently refurbished ...

Amtrak has had a long history of financial instability since its formation. Passenger trains used to be owned by private companies that operated freight trains. At the start of the 20th century ...

One of the most beautiful train journeys in the US, the Coast Starlight’s route unspools along the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles via Sacramento to Seattle. With miles of coastline, towering mountain ...

This article was first published by the Salish Current. Legions of soccer fans will descend on the Pacific Northwest in peak ...

Here's what Amtrak leadership has to say about the route. Beginning Nov. 10, passengers will be able to board a train in Toledo and travel to the Sunshine State without changing trains.

Veterans also receive a 10% discount on the lowest available rail fare on most Amtrak trains. Use the Fare Finder at the beginning of your search and select 'Military Veteran' for each passenger ...