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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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$11 Billion Later, High-Speed Rail Is Inching Along
The Obama administration has spent nearly $11 billion since 2009 to develop faster passenger trains, but the projects have gone mostly nowhere.
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Hong Kong Has Solved The Most Annoying Thing About Going To The Airport
The two basic options for traveling to a major metro airport with lots of luggage are bad and worse. You can go by car, which comes with the stress of beating traffic against a ticking clock and the heavy cost of parking fees, cab fares, or inconveniencing friends. Or, in some places, you can travel by transit or train, which comes with the uncomfortable and often physically demanding task of maneuvering bags through turnstiles, up and down stairs, and through crowds of fellow riders.
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The top 10 books about trains
Dickens, Zola and early 20th-century timetables all transport the reader, finds novelist and railway fanatic Andrew Martin
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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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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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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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Into The Lights
While I'm still walking inside of the dark 700 m railway tunnel at lampegan, my friend has reached the finish hole, I'm taking his pictures and wow.. the result is very incredible picture.
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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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Amtrak Railroad Car House
A retired 70 year old Amtrak railroad car converted into 500 sq. ft. living quarters in Socorro, New Mexico.
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Shanghai Maglev - World's Fastest Train
This is the Shanghai Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) train, the world's fastest train, with a top operating speed of 431kph (268mph) - Enjoy the Ride! The train has actually exceeded 500kph in testing. It does the 19 mile journey to Pudong airport in 7 minutes!
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At Least Six Dead as Commuter Train Strikes Car Outside New York City
At least six people died on Tuesday evening when a New York commuter train struck at least one car near the town of White Plains, sparking a fire, the accident happened about 6:30 EST
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Train Derailment Sends Oil Tanker into West Virginia River
Emergency crews and environmental officials are responding to a train derailment Monday afternoon in West Virginia that sent at least one tanker containing crude oil into a river and 14 tank cars were reported to be on fire, and some cars have exploded.
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Amid Controversy, Oil Trains Quietly Rerouted Through Virginia Towns
Hundreds of communities across the United States have become accustomed to the sight of mile-long oil trains rumbling by in recent years. Pembroke, Virginia, was not one of them, until now.
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Commuter Rail Train Derails after Collision with Truck in California. At least 30 injured.
The driver of the truck fled the scene of the crash, the Ventura County Fire Department said.
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Train Carrying Crude Oil Derails Near Gogama, Ont.
A train carrying crude oil has derailed near Gogama, Ont., the fourth derailment in northern Ontario this year. Police have closed Highway 144.
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Caboose Tiny House Vacations in Essex, Montana
The caboose train car you see below was renovated into the beautiful caboose tiny house that it is today. Pretty cool, right? It’s called the Great Northern X215 and is available as one of many caboose tiny house vacations in Essex, Montana at the Izaak Walton Inn.
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CN Rail Derailment Numbers Soared Before Recent Crashes
Canadian National Railway's safety record deteriorated sharply in 2014, reversing years of improvements, as accidents in Canada blamed on poor track conditions hit their highest level in more than five years.
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China's steam trains approaching final destination
The country's functioning steam trains are on route to extinction, as the advantages they provide are little to none.
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End of the lines
Jerome Boyd Maunsell reviews Nicholas Faith’s The World the Railways Made; Tom Zoellner’s Train: Riding the rails that created the modern world – from the Trans-Siberian to the ‘Southwest Chief’; Andrew Martin’s Belles & Whistles: Five journeys through time on Britain’s trains
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