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The Doorstep Railway of Hanoi
You might have heard of the Railway Food Market in Thailand but here’s another urban oddity to feast your eyes on. This is the main line railway that passes through the residential old quarter and commercial neighbourhoods of Hanoi, Vietnam. The trains pass through the heart of the city twice a day, just inches away from the doorsteps of residential buildings.
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11,000 Kilometer Proof That Trains Still Win at Moving Stuff Around the Planet
About 30 yards from where I'm writing this is the Northern Transcon, one of two transcontinental routes operated by the BNSF Railway. Trains pass through at a rate of about two every three hours—up to several an hour occasionally—heading west into Portland, Ore. and east to Chicago and points between.
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Dealing With Death on the Railroad
Railroads have seen a recent uptick in highway-rail crossing and trespassing fatalities. But the memories of the gruesome events don’t just haunt families and friends of victims, they stick with train engineers and conductors as well—sometimes for a lifetime.
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Passenger train derails in India; at least 19 dead
A passenger train derailed in western India on Sunday, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 100, police said. The engine and four of the 20 coaches jumped the tracks near Roha station, 110 kilometers (70 miles) south of Mumbai, said police officer Ankush Shinde.
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Big Boy 4014, one of the world's biggest steam engines, to be restored
The locomotive was retired in December 1961, and is being taken to Cheyenne, Wyoming, for restoration, that is anticipated to take three to five years.
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Why do trains carrying oil keep blowing up?
Early on the morning of July 6, 2013, a runaway freight train derailed in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, setting off a series of massive explosions and inundating the town in flaming oil. The inferno destroyed the downtown area; 47 people died.
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All Aboard! A Reading List For Riding The Rails
We're not sure anyone has ever published a book list that includes both Anna Karenina and The Little Engine That Could -- so this might be a first! Find recommended tales of travel by train.
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The man who hoped to die in a railway crash
Author Jeremy Clay tells the story of the man who rode the trains, hoping for a disaster.
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Russian government to spend up to $46.7 billion on revamping Siberian railways
As much as 1.6 trillion roubles - $46.7 billion - can be channeled into the railway upgrade by 2020, said Sergey Shatirov, deputy chairman of the Russian upper house committee on economic policy.
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The Ferrari of Rail: Ultra-Luxurious Train Design for Japan
Japan is set to get a new luxury sleeper train with spacious modern cabins designed by Ken Okuyama, who’s best known for his work with Ferrari. The $50 million Cruise Train will run on both electric and non-electric rails and feature large glass-paneled windows, high ceilings and leather seating. Envisioned as the future of train travel in Japan, this designer creation won’t be for everyone: it’s got a max capacity of just 34 passengers.
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All aboard: China's railway dream
At Asia's biggest rail cargo base in Chengdu in south-west China, the cranes are hard at work, swinging containers from trucks onto a freight train. The containers are filled with computers, clothes, even cars.
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Idiot on railway tracks
Next time, can be unlucky
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As Fiery Accidents Pile Up, U.S. Proposes New Rules for Oil Trains
The U.S. Department of Transportation rolled out long-promised standards on Wednesday.
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Amtrak is giving 24 people a 'writer's residency' on its trains
The first train-based authors' residency program is preparing to leave the station. Amtrak has announced two dozen recipients of its residency awards, which will send writers on a long-distance trip where the romance of an aging transportation system with an illustrious history will hopefully inspire them to create beautiful, possibly train-related work. The list tends towards journalists and other nonfiction writers, but also includes novelists, playwrights, comic authors, and poets.
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Court Clears Key Hurdle to California High-Speed Rail Project
The California Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal brought by opponents of the state’s controversial high-speed rail project, clearing a major hurdle to its construction.
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Budapest-Tehran train trip is newest luxury pursuit
A luxury train connecting the capitals of Hungary and Iran left Budapest for the first time on Wednesday, with 70 passengers set to cross the Balkans, the Bosphorus and Kurdistan on the way to Persia
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French rail conductors test out Google Glass
French train conductors donned Google Glass on Thursday to check passengers tickets as part of an experiment in using the fancy bit of technology and it may be popping up again somewhere else soon.
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Japan's levitating train tops 310mph
Train fans have experienced the speed of super-fast maglev trains, during test runs for members of the public in central Japan. One hundred passengers whizzed along a 42.8km (27 mile) route between the cities of Uenohara and Fuefuki, reaching speeds of up to 500km/h (311mph). The Central Japan Railway Company is running eight days of testing for the experimental maglev Shinkansen train on its test track in Yamanashi Prefecture.
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Louisiana Teen Killed By Train After Putting Coins On Tracks
A Louisiana teenager playing a game with friends on train tracks was killed this weekend when some equipment threw him under one of the cars. Law enforcement officials tell The Advocate that 17-year-old Brandt Torres and three friends had been placing coins on train tracks to watch them be crushed early Sunday. Torres lay on the ground inches from the passing cars. A ladder hanging off one of the cars caught him, tossing him under the train.
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Russia Is Building A New High Speed Train That Will Travel To Beijing In Just 48 Hours
Russia plans to build a new high speed railway, with trains that would speed from Moscow to Beijing in just 48 hours. At the moment, it takes about seven days to commute between the two cities and the route requires changes. According to Romanian website Glasul, the Kremlin has awarded the project to China Railway High-speed (CRH), a subsidiary of the state-controlled China Railway (CR), which is working in a joint-venture with the local firm Uralvagonzavod.
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