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The Aberdeen Proving Grounds Discovery Center is pegged for an opening in 2022, but it's without a location and much of the funds it will need.

Local NAACP leaders threw their support on Friday behind a proposed high-speed magnetic levitation train through Maryland, saying it would mean jobs.

For years Harford County has been trying to gain a second access point to the Perryman peninsula.

Thirty-one miles of track will be replaced with new rails or realigned along curves to help Amtrak operate faster, the company said.

Fire crews responded to the 5800 block of E. Lombard St. around 10:40 a.m. after a person was struck by an Amtrak train while trying to cross the tracks, said fire department spokeswoman Blair Adams.

Amtrak will invest $90 million to redevelop Baltimore Penn Station

Freight trains are supposed to give priority to passenger trains but Amtrak says that's not always happening.

A person was injured after being hit by an Amtrak train near the West Baltimore Station Monday morning.

Since Congress is unlikely to roll back the tax cut with a Republican-controlled Senate, the only solution is to raise the federal gasoline tax to build up the Highway Trust Fund to address our country's decaying infrastructure.

A major redevelopment project in East Baltimore's neighborhood is spurring investment in nearby vacant rowhouses. People in the community say they think a revival is underway with investment from the Food Hub and American Brewery building to the $1.8 billion East Baltimore Development Inc. project.

Seventeen Marylanders, including six in Baltimore, have died as a result of cold weather this month. Thursday's single-digit temperatures have prompted more people to seek refuge at homeless shelters and created train delays.

What would be open or closed if the government partially shuts down over President Trump's refusal to sign funding legislation unless it includes money for a wall between the U.S. and Mexico?

Clyde W. "C.W." Phillips, a Vietnam War veteran and a seasoned Amtrak locomotive engineer, died Sept. 30 form a heart attack at his Selbyville, Del. home. The former Catonsville resident was 67.

MARC Penn Line service has improved this fall, as Amtrak has completed some track work and addressed repeated flooding in the 145-year-old B&P Tunnel. But one of the tracks remains out of service, and the trains still are not meeting goals for on-time service.

MARC trains will experience Hurricane Florence-related delays arriving and departing Union Station on Thursday.

Protesters gathered outside Dorothy I. Height Elementary School in West Baltimore to voice concerns over the proposed Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel Project, which includes plans to build a diesel exhaust shaft adjacent to the school.

In 1971, the Capitol Limited left Union Station in Washington for the last time. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s luxury passenger train had been in service

A $4.7 million renovation of the BWI Marshall Airport MARC station, which will include a bigger waiting area, new ticketing facilities, a concession area and restrooms, is set to begin Monday, the Maryland Transit Administration said.

City Seeds, a jobs training (restaurant and hospitality) is rising at an old city public works yard in a beleaguered part of East Baltimore

The Maryland Transit Administration blames the frequent service disruptions on its MARC commuter trains on the recent bad weather and scheduled track work.

Amtrak engaged the Baltimore community for the first time Tuesday night in its massive plans to redevelop the Baltimore Penn Station. A meeting at the University of Baltimore drew 75 people, who peppered staffers with ideas for what they want the project to add to the community.

Baltimore's next arena might be built by Penn Station like its New York counterpart.

Amtrak joins airports, hospitals, stadiums and other businesses around the country that have improved accommodations for women who say they want to do what is best for the health of their babies, but get discouraged by the lack of support for breastfeeding.

In 1971, the Capitol Limited left Union Station in Washington for the last time. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s luxury passenger train had been in service

Delays are expected on Amtrak and MARC train’s Penn line tonight due to a brush fire that occurred Tuesday near the West Baltimore MARC Station, according to MTA and fire authorities.

As Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. crews work around the clock to restore power after more than 400,000 outages were reported as a result of high sustained winds, officials say efforts could continue through next week.

A windstorm that the National Weather Service is calling “one of the most powerful” in recent years is causing transportation cancellations and delays throughout Maryland. 

A federal review has narrowed the possible routes for a proposed high-speed, magnetic levitation train linking Baltimore and Washington down to two.

Two train cars of an Amtrak Acela uncoupled in Harford County on Tuesday morning, officials confirmed.

Monday marks the 100th anniversary of what has become known as the “The Great Aberdeen Fire of 1918,” which destroyed most of the buildings in the heart of Aberdeen on Feb. 5, 1918.

The accident involving GOP members of Congress was awful - but such train crossing collisions are more common than people realize.

Government's call to railroads to install positive train control isn't enough.

State lawmakers from Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties asked Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn Tuesday to reject a second proposed route alignment for the proposed high-speed maglev train route between Baltimore and Washington.

Amtrak has selected a group of Baltimore-area firms to lead a major redevelopment of Baltimore’s Penn Station and nearby Amtrak properties.

A high speed rail line connecting Baltimore and Washington D.C. is under environmental study with three proposed routes that would run through the Lansdowne and Baltimore Highlands area.

James Walker, MARC and AMTRAK ENGINEER, DIED AT 81

Jacques Kelly: Rowhouses in Station East are rehabbed in bid to get a struggling neighborhood on the right track.

The city of Aberdeen has been awarded a grant for nearly $800,000 for enhancements to the Amtrak-MARC train station, the city manager said Thursday.

State approved grants to fix up the Aberdeen train station but also needs to provide similar financial support to closing the gap in the Ma & Pa Trail through Bel Air.

MARC Penn Line service was suspended early Wednesday after a person was fatally struck by an Amtrak train at the Odenton station.

Deaths from people being hit by trains occur frequently in Harford County — as they do across the United States. All are easily preventable.

Aside from the fact that the purpose of the trip was a memorial service for my cousin, I really enjoyed the time I had with my brother Jim, his wife Robin and their granddaughter Sarah.

But prosecutors and defense attorneys presented disparate accounts of his killing when the murder trial began Wednesday against the woman, Angel Fury.

MARC service at Baltimore Penn Station is expected to return to normal this weekend, following last weekend’s delays caused by Amtrak railroad work near the station.

Audrey Cimino: Ride on the Vermonter

Train service through Baltimore will be delayed during the next two weekends as Amtrak makes track upgrades at Baltimore's Penn Station, officials said.

Amtrak says service between Baltimore and Washington is suspended while officials investigate a report of a suspicious item along the tracks.

Amtrak service is suspended between Washington and Philadelphia Wednesday morning due to an incident on rail tracks in the D.C. area, disrupting travel for Baltimore commuters.

The Federal Railroad Administration's Finding of No Sigificant Impact report on replacement of Susquehanna River Rail Bridge is now available for public inspection.

A man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train while trespassing on the tracks in Rosedale Tuesday morning, officials said.