NJ.com

Which types of NJ Transit trains are the most likely to leave you stranded? Read the score card.

NJ Transit riders who get on board a multilevel rail car have the best chance of making it to and from work without a breakdown. Not surprising is the revelation that commuters riding the Arrow III ...
Yahoo

I've traveled in 4 types of Amtrak train cars, from business class to a private bedroom. Here's what each is like, and which offers the best deal.

Insider's reporter has traveled across the east coast on several different Amtrak trains in upgraded cabins.Joey Hadden/Insider Amtrak has many different cabin options other than coach, from business ...
Fast Company

Amtrak’s sleek new high-speed electric trains are coming next spring

Earlier this year, if you happened to be standing at a train station in New Jersey at a certain time of night, you might have seen a sleek new high-speed Acela zip by. The trains, which did 900 test ...
Scientific American

Longer and Longer Freight Trains Drive Up the Odds of Derailment

The U.S. has no federal limit on freight train length, leaving the cost-conscious rail industry free to experiment with giants like the 3.5-mile, nine-locomotive behemoth that chugged from Texas to ...
Associated Press

Railroads and regulators must address the dangers of long trains, report says

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — As freight trains have grown longer, the U.S. has seen an increase in the number of a type of derailment caused by the forces of railcars pushing and pulling against each other, the ...