The Pioneer, the Amtrak passenger train linking Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City and Denver -- and many small rural towns in between -- was losing $20 million a year when it was shut down in 1997.

The stars may be aligning for a return of the Amtrak Pioneer passenger train to make a comeback, politicians and an Amtrak official say. The Pioneer route between Seattle and Salt Lake City was ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Wizards and Amtrak are together honoring community leaders with the Pioneer Award. This year’s presentation will take place during the game against the Detroit ...

An Amtrak train arrives at the Boise Depot in the 1970s. The Spanish-style depot, which opened in 1925, harkens back to a time when passenger trains were common. The Pioneer line operated between ...

ONTARIO, Ore. — The Amtrak appropriations bill in Congress calls for a study of restoring its Pioneer Route, which traveled through the Columbia Gorge and Eastern Oregon until it was shut down in 1997 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration has sent a report to Congress that calls for restoring a daily passenger train route from Portland to Denver, passing through Pendleton, La ...

As scenic train rides go, it would be a plum ticket. Pacific Northwest passenger rail buffs are gathering in La Grande, Oregon, this Saturday to drum up support to bring back part of a long ago ...

It would be great if Amtrak’s much anticipated preliminary report recommended restoring the Pioneer route from Salt Lake City to Portland. It has been 12 years since the passenger trains stopped to ...

Amtrak's Pioneer route, once the only passenger train service to southern Idaho, may return after a 12-year absence. The train route, which made a stop in Shoshone for passengers going north to Sun ...

Four trains running on hydrogen will carry passengers between Sacramento and Merced under an $80 million deal announced Thursday. The zero-emission trains will serve Amtrak and the Altamont Corridor ...

After more than a decade of quiet around the prospect of restoring Amtrak’s Pioneer passenger rail line through Pocatello and parts of the Northwest, talks are regaining steam as lawmakers and local ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the fifth consecutive year, Amtrak has partnered with the Washington Wizards and will serve as the presenting partner of the Black History Month platform which begins on ...