The head of Amtrak made this promise to members of Congress today - the safety technology called Positive Train control will be put into operation. This follows last month's derailment in Philadelphia ...

A midshipman from the U.S. Naval Academy, an Associated Press staffer, a Wells Fargo senior vice president, the CEO of a tech company, a dean at Medgar Evers College and a Maryland father of two were ...

Passengers' and witnesses' cameras caught the harrowing moments after an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, killing eight people and injuring more than 200 more. Video shot by ...

An eighth person was found dead Thursday morning in the wreckage of a derailed Amtrak train in Philadelphia. Fire Commissioner Derrick Sawyer said a search dog found the body in the mangled first car.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - For the second time, a judge threw out all charges Tuesday against an Amtrak engineer for his role in a high-speed derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people, saying: "The ...