trains Amtrak to launch nonstop Washington D.C. — New York Acela train service, weekdays only, on September 23 Xeni Jardin
class war Rail barons and the new gilded age: one-percenters travel in style by hitching private "super-luxe" railcars to Amtrak trains Cory Doctorow
accidents Amtrak train carrying passengers jumps tracks and dangles over a highway near Seattle Carla Sinclair
Nudity Speaks A Republican candidate for Texas railroad commissioner shares her nearly nude campaign video Jason Weisberger
politics Andrew Cuomo's naked hostility drives out MTA president Andy Byford, the "Train Daddy" who has transformed the world's rail systems Cory Doctorow
crumbling infrastructure Video of depressing first class train service between Boston and Washington DC. Mark Frauenfelder
News Train carrying GOP lawmakers crashes with trash truck, killing one and injuring others Xeni Jardin
trains Terror on Amtrak: a slow, not-friendly, screaming, laughing, smiling, lady with no name tag Mark Frauenfelder