Eleven weeks. That's how long it takes to go from average Joe to Amtrak engineer. The transformation takes place at Amtrak's High-Speed Rail Training Facility, housed inside an unassuming beige ...

Many of us have had that moment in our lives when we dream of becoming a locomotive engineer. It’s a fascinating career, but what does it take to get there in today’s high-demand world of modern ...

Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey Transit Executive Director Kevin Corbett recognized New Jersey Transit’s latest locomotive engineer training class on Monday for passing and graduating the Northeast ...

NJ Transit inched closer to that magic number of 390 to 400 locomotive engineers needed in the ranks to keep the trains rolling Tuesday, when 17 engineer trainees graduated from their two-year ...

It was 1976, a year when there was a resurgence of leisure train travel with the start of Amtrak, when Class I railroads in the Northeast joined to form Conrail, and railroads across the nation ...

NJ Transit takes longer to train locomotive engineers than any of its peer transit agencies in the region, even when the job candidates have experience running trains. That means as many as 10 NJ ...

‘I don’t need someone with five to 10 years of experience anymore. I want somebody that has a good foundation and a passion for learning—then spend a whole year building on top of that,’ says David ...