The train that derailed Monday, the Capitol Limited from Chicago to Washington, consisted of two engines, eight double-decker ``Superliner'' passenger cars and five baggage, mail and express cars.

Amtrak expects these cars to begin entering revenue service by the end of 2014. The baggage cars are part of a larger order for 130 single-level, long-distance Viewliner II passenger cars, which also ...

An Amtrak Superliner train approaching Washington from Chicago tumbled off heat-seared rails Monday, some cars plunging down an embankment and injuring 97 passengers, six of them seriously.

Amtrak, the U.S. long-distance passenger railroad, said it will spend $298.1 million to buy 130 rail cars as part of a plan to replace its aging fleet. Amtrak will buy the cars, to be built in ...

Amtrak plans to buy 70 new locomotives and 130 new rail cars this year. The equipment will mostly benefit the East Coast, where it will replace trains that are decades old, Amtrak said.

They are part of a $300 million contract from Amtrak through which CAF USA will produce 130 long-distance passenger cars — baggage, diner, sleeper and bag-dorm cars. Work is expected to continue ...