When you’re trying to sleep on an all-night train, the clicking rails, moans of the whistle and sway of the carriages either help soothe you to sleep or become aggravations leading to insomnia. So it ...

The Amtrak Empire Builder train traverses dramatic landscapes across Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, ...

Amtrak’s Empire Builder train 7/27 traveling westbound from Chicago to Seattle/Portland on Sept. 25 derailed near Joplin, Mont., at 3:55 p.m. MT. The passenger train was traveling between 75-78 mph, ...

JOPLIN, Mont. (WLS) -- Three people are dead and multiple others injured after a cross-country Amtrak train that originated in Chicago derailed Saturday in Montana, according to officials. Around 4 ...

Coming from Portland, Amtrak’s Empire Builder arrives at the Pasco Intermodal Train Station, Thurs., April 27, 2017. The Empire Builder is among 15 long-distance train routes threatened by $2.4 ...

WHITEFISH, Mont. (AP) — About an hour before dawn on a Friday morning, Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder crept into the station, already an hour and one minute late into its 2,206-mile journey from ...

WILLMAR - Amtrak’s Empire Builder train riders are getting a major detour through west central Minnesota today due to a freight train derailment in Elk River. An Amtrak spokesman confirmed Friday ...

One of the greatest perks of train travel is the freedom it offers to get up, walk around, and enjoy the scenery while someone else does the driving. There’s no need to plan gas stops, pull over at ...