Railroads

In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013, file photo, an Amtrak conductor checks the time as the passenger train takes on passengers in Hanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Give Calif. a high-speed re-vote

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2015 4:01 am

Amtrak Train 111, which was the first Northeast Regional train out of New York City at 5:30 am this morning, arrives at Union Station May 18, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Most Republicans vote to kill Amtrak subsidies

Pete Kasperowicz · June 4, 2015 6:55 pm

A U.S. Travel Association app to alert lawmakers when you're stuck in traffic.

Boom: Memorial Day travelers to spend $12.3B, $330 per person

Paul Bedard · May 22, 2015 1:47 pm

In this aerial photo, emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train wreck, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia. Federal investigators arrived Wednesday to determine why an Amtrak train jumped the tracks in a wreck that killed at least six people, and injured dozens. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Amtrak speed control system installed but wasn’t turned on

Susan Ferrechio · May 14, 2015 10:59 pm

Republicans are against Amtrak, Pelosi says

Republicans are against Amtrak, Pelosi says

Susan Ferrechio · May 14, 2015 4:18 pm

Megyn Kelly: ‘Predictable,’ ‘despicable’ rush to turn Amtrak ‘into a political talking point’

Megyn Kelly: ‘Predictable,’ ‘despicable’ rush to turn Amtrak ‘into a political talking point’

Barbara Boland · May 14, 2015 2:32 pm

Confirmation bias and punditry-by-the-seat-of-one's-pants produced its own sort of train-wreck on the morning after the real crash. (AP)

Don’t feed the Amtrak beast

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2015 9:00 am

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train wreck, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Beltway Confidential

Lies, damned lies, and Amtrak advocacy

David Freddoso · May 13, 2015 7:29 pm

President Obama pauses during a meeting with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The president said the derailment of Amtrak Train 188 "is a tragedy that touches us all." In a statement, Obama said he is offering prayers to the families who lost loved ones and the passengers beginning to recover. (AP Photo)

Obama ‘shocked, saddened’ by Amtrak derailment

Susan Crabtree · May 13, 2015 4:42 pm

An Amtrak train that originated in Washington, D.C., derailed in Philadelphia Tuesday night, killing at least five and injuring 50 more. (AP Photo)

Seven dead, at least 200 injured in Tuesday’s Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia

Kelly Cohen · May 13, 2015 2:37 pm

In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment near Casselton, N.D.Â A train carrying oil derailed and exploded in North Dakota on Wednesday, nearly a week after federal regulators issued aggressive new standards to guard against tanker car disasters.Â (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

Energy and Environment

Train explodes carrying shale oil in North Dakota

John Siciliano · May 6, 2015 6:16 pm

This Feb. 17, 2015, file photo shows a train derailment that sent a tanker with crude oil into the Kanawha River near Mount Carbon, W.Va. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

Stricter safety standards for oil tanker cars announced

John Siciliano · May 1, 2015 5:15 pm