Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific all added open-air cars to selected passenger trains. With the Southern being the exception, the railroads in question traversed the Western United States and ...

WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern today asked a federal court to dismiss the Justice Department’s lawsuit over the railroad’s handling of Amtrak’s Crescent, arguing that the government’s “extreme” ...

"Can you give me an idea of what train lines used these tracks?" Jon A. Russo asked Curious Louisiana. "Just when was the ...

The City of San Francisco plied the Southern Pacific route from Chicago to Oakland. To those who have never ridden the elegant pre-Amtrak rails, a passenger train might seem inconvenient.

When the spiral’s construction finished in 1876 on the Southern Pacific Line ... I was determined to see a freight train go around the Tehachapi Loop. Passenger trains no longer pass through ...

The Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency is offering $10 fares on the Amtrak® Pacific Surfliner® train service for travel anywhere on the LOSSAN Rail Corridor to ...