WASHINGTON — Thirty years ago, an Amtrak bound for D.C. from Boston collided with a Conrail train that had crossed into its path in Baltimore County. Sixteen people were killed in the Chase, Maryland, ...

An Amtrak Silver Star train struck and killed a person on the tracks Saturday afternoon in Harmans, officials said.The victim was struck south of Route 100 in Anne Arundel County at 2:10 p.m.The train ...

It was a new year in the dead of winter when a northbound Amtrak train derailed not long before it would make its next stop in Delaware. Around 1:30 p.m., Amtrak Train 94 collided with a Conrail train ...

John G. Kneiling, by profession a consulting engineer, wrote Trains Magazine’s Professional Iconoclast column for many years. His column called out perceived problems with the rail industry and ...