Amtrak's new Freedom 250 Acela train — decked out in red, white and blue — pulled into Philadelphia yesterday. Why it matters ...

Emergency personnel responded Friday to a collision between an Amtrak train and a wood-chipper along the Gaviota Coast. There were no injuries on the train, and the driver towing the wood-chipper ...

An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train struck a wood chipper attached to a vehicle Friday morning in Gaviota, according to Santa Barbara County Fire public information officer Scott Safechuck.

A train versus wood chipper collision on the railroad tracks just south of El Capitan State Beach closed the rail corridor through Santa Barbara for about two hours while Union Pacific crews inspected ...