Tri-Rail is a commuter rail service linking Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach in Florida, United States. The Tri prefix in the name refers to the three counties served by the railroad: Palm B
A Tri-Rail train at MiamiCentral
The West Palm Beach station, built in 1925, is one of the many original stations built by the Seaboard-All Florida Railway in the 1920s. Today, these stations are used by Tri-Rail and Amtrak.
Alex Penelas (mayor of Miami Dade, at furthest left) with other officials at a February 1999 press conference announcing a federal funding grant for Tri-Rail improvements
Boca Raton's Tri-Rail station, an example of the mid-2000s rebuilt that includes double track platforms and a pedestrian overpass
The EMD F40PH is a four-axle 3,000–3,200 hp B-B diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in several variants from 1975 to 1992. Intended for use on Amtrak's short-hau
Tri-Rail
…rebound than other mass transit after the Covid pandemic, reaching 4.9 million annual rides in 2025. Tri-Rail began service using a fleet of five F40PHL-2 locomotives built in 1988. These were remanufactured locomotives, built by Morrison–Knudsen using the frame and other components from retired EMD GP40…
Amtrak No. 315 F40PHR on the eastbound California Zephyr at Tunnel No. 17 near Newcastle, California in 1995
Metra EMD F40PHM-2 No. 206 near Stuart Field in Chicago, Illinois
Amtrak EMD F40PHR No. 257 leading the Coast Starlight at Agnew, California, in 1980, followed by a pair of EMD SDP40Fs
Rebuilt VIA Rail F40PH-2D No. 6434 leading the Canadian near Jasper, Alberta, in 2011, with an original unit following