Amtrak retires trains when the cost and effort to keep them running no longer make sense. After decades of service, the metal structure weakens, wiring systems degrade, and mechanical components begin ...

Redbirds will once again take flight on Queens’ elevated subway tracks on Friday, more than two decades after the MTA retired the vintage train cars. Transit officials said they plan to pull one of ...

Ninety feet below the East River, Amtrak’s 110-year-old train tunnels are slowly filling with salty water dripping on high-voltage cables as steel is nearly corroded to dust. Above ground, heads of ...