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An Amtrak train collided with an Amazon Delivery Truck in Wisconsin, cutting it in half

A child played “chicken” with a train Thursday in New Hampshire, Amtrak told police. A group of seven children was seen playing on the tracks in Exeter. Amtrak reported that one of the children “was playing ‘chicken’ with a southbound train and was nearly struck,” police said in a Facebook post Tuesday. In response, police are increasing patrols near the…

The train was heading from Chicago to Seattle when eight of the ten cars derailed.

A train hit a teenager on Wednesday, leaving him seriously injured, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, authorities said. The boy, who is 17, was flown to a Boston hospital after he was hit by the train near the border of Westford about 12:10 p.m., according to the Chelmsford Police Department. Investigators believe the teenager was walking on the tracks and unaware the…

Officials are planning a celebration to mark the return of Amtrak passenger trains to Vermont later this month. The July 19 event at the Montpelier Amtrak station will also include officials from the town of Berlin and the Vermont Agency of Transportation. The party is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. and last until the train departs the station, scheduled…

A train split a semitrailer in two after it got stuck on a set of tracks in Richmond, Texas.

Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said the train fell onto a busy boulevard late Monday night. It was one of the deadliest incidents in the history of the subway system, which is among the busiest in the world. Of the 24 killed, the mayor said 21 died at the scene, while the others died at hospitals, and children were among the fatalities.

President Joe Biden didn’t want to be anywhere else Friday than helping his Amtrak family celebrate 50 years on the rails

Jonathan Yellowday found a bag of diamond rings Thursday and returned them to the jeweler before he even noticed they were gone.

A person on a freight train was shot by a pellet gun in Wareham, Massachusetts. Police say the incident appears to be accidental.

A Taiwan train carrying around 350 people derailed in a tunnel on Friday, killing at least 50 people and injuring dozens more in the in one of the country’s deadliest rail disasters.

MBTA staff are developing a plan to restore a small amount of bus and train service in the summer and fall, laying groundwork to start unwinding COVID-era cuts that in some cases have yet to take effect. Officials at the transit agency on Monday said they would recommend increasing the frequency of trips on buses and rapid transit in the…

At least 25 rail cars derailed Wednesday in the Mojave Desert. Thousands of gallons of flammable liquid spilled from the tanks before crews stopped the leak.

One Christmas display is on the move across Vermont this month, making its way from town to town by rail. The goal is straightforward: To uplift people during the pandemic. “I’m here trying to spread some joy,” said Santa Claus, the recognizable jolly old elf whom NECN and NBC10 Boston interviewed as he leaned off the back of a...

One Christmas display is on the move through Vermont.

An Islamic State operative has gone on trial in France on terror charges for shooting a passenger and carrying an arsenal of weapons aboard a high-speed train in 2015

The MBTA is mulling some severe service cuts to lower its operating budget as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll on ridership levels. The agency is considering eliminating weekend service on some or all Commuter Rail lines, halting Commuter Rail trains after 9 p.m. on weekdays, eliminating ferries, consolidating bus routes and trimming bus or train frequency to…

An Addison County community on Friday celebrated the reopening of its downtown and the upcoming arrival of an additional travel option that will connect it and other parts of western Vermont to New York City. That future Amtrak passenger service would not have been possible without a massive construction project digging a new train tunnel through Middlebury that’s taken...

A yearslong tunnel project in the heart of Middlebury is finally done, and the first train that went through it brought big crowds.