A stalled Amtrak train headed to South Florida turned infernal when high temperatures aboard sent four passengers to the ...

Amtrak pays for accidents it didn't cause because of secretive agreements negotiated between the passenger rail company, which receives more than $1 billion annually in federal subsidies, and the ...

Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson, who joined the railroad last year after years as an airline executive, vowed after the last two accidents to improve safety at the railroad. "Amtrak is fully committed ...

While Amtrak's safety record has been improving, there have been a number of deadly accidents over the years. From sabotage to railroad crossing collisions to engineer errors, many have had deadly ...

But despite several fatal accidents in recent years and complaints of unreliable service, Amtrak remains popular in Congress and with travelers — 31.7 million passengers took trips last year.

By David Shepardson and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The deadly derailment of an Amtrak train south of Seattle is likely to intensify scrutiny of the national passenger railroad company’s safety ...

National Transportation Safety Board investigators are trying to determine the cause of the Amtrak derailment in north-central Montana that killed three people aboard the Empire Builder, traveling ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) - There's serious concern over the safety of Amtrak trains, after six people were killed, with five accidents within the past month.Leaders at the National Transportation Safety ...

The Amtrak engineer killed in Sunday’s crash had been involved in “four or five accidents’’ in recent years ... was so concerned about safety there that he went to work for Amtrak.

Amtrak is due to submit a new safety management system plan to the federal government by Nov. 1 that includes plans to more closely watch for near misses ... the number of incidents of ...

Amtrak pays for accidents it didn’t cause because of secretive agreements negotiated between the passenger rail company, which receives more than $1 billion annually in federal subsidies, and ...