WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An alleged al Qaeda-backed plot to derail a U.S. passenger train in Canada sought to exploit the vulnerabilities of railroads that have not gotten much attention from the American public.Full story
NBC’s Ron Allen reports from Boston where residents are heeding directions from police to stay indoors. Amtrak, schools, and local businesses are closed.
A tractor trailer drove into an Amtrak train south of Fresno, Calif., causing the last three cars of the train to derail. NBC’s Diana Alvear reports.
An Amtrak police officer watches as passengers prepare to board a train at New York's Penn Station, on April 19.
An Amtrak police officer watches as passengers prepare to board a train at New York's Penn Station, April 19, 2013. All mass transit, including subways, buses, commuter rail and Amtrak trains, traveling to and from Boston have been shut down as the manhunt continues for Dzhokar Tsarnaev, the remaini
A man walks by the Amtrak train station in Williston, North Dakota March 14, 2013. North Dakota's booming oil business has quickly ran up against a serious shortage of housing for the thousands of workers who have poured into the state looking to cash in on the Bakken oil formation that has made No
