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It’s about to get a little nicer to go by train in the Pacific Northwest. Amtrak has unveiled a sneak peek at its new Airo ...
Former P42 locomotive No. 184 has been transformed into non-powered cab car No. 9700, shown seen here trailing southbound ...
F or over 50 years, Amtrak has provided essential rail services to customers nationwide. With a record-breaking 32.8 million customers in 2024, ridership continues to grow, driven ...
In a notice on its website Wednesday, Amtrak said a total of 70 passenger cars across the country are affected, including 26 cars on the Amtrak Cascades route. “This leaves just one non-Horizon ...
If you're planning to take the train between Portland, Seattle, and B.C., you'll get where you're headed — but more likely it will be by bus. Why it matters: Amtrak sidelined its Horizon car ...
The Horizon train cars were manufactured more than 35 years ago by Bombardier Transportation at a now-closed factory in Vermont. They have an aluminum body bolted to a steel undercarriage.
There were 86 coaches and 18 food service cars originally built. The Horizon car, which features an aluminum carshell and a steel underframe, was based on the Comet I design developed in the late ...
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 ...
Will Amtrak repair its corroded Horizon cars? Entering service in 1989, Horizon series cars have spent most of their time running on the Hiawatha route between Chicago and Milwaukee, and other ...
Amtrak discovered corrosion on a number of its Horizon rail cars across the country ... That leaves Amtrak Cascades with only one non-Horizon train set that will serve the #503 and #508 ...
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 ...
There will now only be one trainset in service on the Amtrak Cascades route, affecting service to 18 stops between Vancouver, B.C. and Eugene, the company announced Wednesday.