Alex Wacker grew up knowing about Brainerd’s connection to the railroad and got his start at 18 in the railroad industry ...

Eleven weeks. That's how long it takes to go from average Joe to Amtrak engineer. The transformation takes place at Amtrak's High-Speed Rail Training Facility, housed inside an unassuming beige ...

It was 1976, a year when there was a resurgence of leisure train travel with the start of Amtrak, when Class I railroads in the Northeast joined to form Conrail, and railroads across the nation ...

Many of us have had that moment in our lives when we dream of becoming a locomotive engineer. It’s a fascinating career, but what does it take to get there in today’s high-demand world of modern ...

NJ Transit inched closer to that magic number of 390 to 400 locomotive engineers needed in the ranks to keep the trains rolling Tuesday, when 17 engineer trainees graduated from their two-year ...

NJ Transit takes longer to train locomotive engineers than any of its peer transit agencies in the region, even when the job candidates have experience running trains. That means as many as 10 NJ ...

A partnership between Rutgers University and railroad agencies is training future engineers and other rail professionals with an eye toward improving safety.A partnership between Rutgers University ...

Rail Transportation Engineering instructor Bryan Schlake (right) reviews the controls in the cab of Penn State Altoona’s EMD SD60I locomotive with senior Bryson Edwards. Mirror photo by Patrick ...

Seven locomotive engineers graduated NJ Transit training classes Wednesday, helping to deliver on the promise of adding a total of 25 to fill the depleted ranks of train operators in New Jersey. But ...

Eleven weeks. That’s how long it takes to go from average Joe to Amtrak engineer. The transformation takes place at Amtrak’s High-Speed Rail Training Facility, housed inside an unassuming beige ...