You can’t keep a good locomotive down—especially when it has the momentum of history behind it. No matter how many times they’ve been repainted for how many purposes, retired and then rehired, ...

The SP 4449 steam locomotive takes Amtrak's Empire Builder route through Columbia County on Aug. 3, 2009. At first scheduled to stop in Portage for servicing, it instead continued to Wisconsin Dells.

Amtrak President David L. Gunn yesterday proposed the creation of a federal trust fund for passenger rail similar to those that help build roads and airports, and he said states must eventually cover ...