‘Hero’ engineer stops NC Amtrak passenger train just ahead of trailer stuck on Hillsborough tracks, police say

Police in Hillsborough praised an Amtrak engineer Thursday for stopping a North Carolina passenger train after spotting a truck stuck across the tracks.
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NC’s passenger trains carried a record number of travelers again last year

A record number of people rode North Carolina’s state-subsidized Amtrak trains in 2025, the fourth straight year of record ridership since the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 740,000 boarded Piedmont and ...
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Seeing NC By Rail | Amtrak's CAROLINIAN Raleigh to Greensboro

Hello and welcome to Raleigh Union Station! Today we’re taking a ride on Amtrak’s Carolinian from here to Greensboro, North Carolina. Donald Trump reveals plan to tackle energy bills for millions ...