Railroads

PHOTOS: Germany's Fairy Tale Railroad

Jim Calio | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Faust, Germany Railroads, Goethe, Blizzard, Railroads, East Germany Spy Station, Steam-Engines, Vintage Trains, Cold War, Brocken Railway, Harz Mountains, Slideexpand, Travel News

In fact, every year on April 30, local villagers get dressed up like witches and devils and ride the rails from town to town in celebration of Walpurgis Night.

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Big GOP Donors Get Carveout Stiffing Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.20.2012

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are trying to pass a transportation bill that would strip certain workers of their minimum-wage and overtime protectio...

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GOP Bill Would Strip Workers Of Overtime, Minimum Wage Protections

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Labor, Minimum Wage, Video, Workers, Railroads, Railways, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, John Mica, Labor Unions, Overtime, George Miller, Ray Lahood, John-Mica-House-Transportation-Committee, Transportation, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A little-noted provision in the House Republicans' controversial energy and transportation bill would strip several thousand workers wit...

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PHOTOS: Over-Sea Railroad Turns 100

AP | By SUZETTE LABOY | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Over Sea Railroad Florida, Florida Travel, Railroads, Over-Sea Railroad, Destinations, Travel News

MARATHON, Fla. -- Florida is marking the centennial of Henry Flagler's Over-Sea Railroad, which steamed through the Florida Keys Jan. 22, 1912, carryi...

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The Pithy Tale of Owney

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Owney the Post Office Dog, Terriers, Railroads, Smithsonian, Post Office, Dogs, U.S. Postage Stamp, Owney, Owney Mail Dog, Owney Dog, Culture News

There is no proof that Owney helped railroad's mail personnel sort the mail while in transit, becoming the fastest sorter of all time, but there's no proof that he didn't.

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Rush to Art Exhibit at Chinese Historical Society: It's Gold!

Sally Fay | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Jake Lee, Art, Chinese Historical Society, California, Railroads, Chinese, Union Pacific, Painting, San Francisco, San Francisco News

I was mesmerized by the scenes of the Chinese in blue workers' suits, long black braids down their backs under straw hats. There they were in 1869 building the Central Pacific railroad to link America together as never before.

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Post-Katrina Rebuilding Includes Wider, Greener Transit Options

Susan Buchanan | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Federal Transit Administration, Electricity, Baton Rouge, U.S. Dept. Of Transportation, Ferries, Railroads, Amtrak, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Buses, Lake Pontchartrain, Norfolk Southern, Veolia Transportation, Streetcars, Green News

New Orleans business and community leaders have argued that an intercity rail line would benefit the region economically and culturally, and would be another way for New Orleans residents to head north when hurricanes approach.

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Railroads Charged With Price-Fixing

AP | JOSH FUNK | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Colorado Railroads, Colorado Mining, Oxbow Mining, Denver News, Railroads, Mining, Price Fixing, Railroad Price Fixing, Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Mining Industry, Denver News

OMAHA, Neb. — Oxbow Mining filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Tuesday against Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe, saying the railroad...

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Atlas Shrugged

Michael Jones | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Atlas Shrugged Movie, Atlas Shrugged Review, Atlas Shrugged, Railroads, Ayn Rand, Captains-of-Industry, Dagny Taggart, Chicago News

Atlas is a movie about railroads and steel, the ribs and heart of an America past. It is a world like our world but just missing reality.

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8 Railroad Innovations Promoting Environmental Awareness (PHOTOS)

Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Fuel, Planting Trees, Community Service, Carbon Emissions, Earth Day, Csx, Fuel-Saving-Technology, Green, Renewable Energy, Environmentalism, Clean Energy, Pollution, Tree Planting, Freight Rail, Transportation, Recycling, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Efficiency, Volunteering, Railroads, Greenhouse Gases, High Speed Rail, Climate Change, Slidepollajax, Politics News

With the 41st anniversary of Earth Day quickly approaching, organizations and corporations all over the world are focusing on new initiatives to promo...

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The Blackfoot Indians in New York City: Historic Photos from the Museum of the City of New York

Lacy Schutz | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Montana, History, American Indians, Native American, Railroads, Native Americans, Native American Culture, Glacier National Park, New York City, Blackfoot, New York News

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How Railways Made Large-Scale War Possible

Christian Wolmar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Second World War, Warfare, World War 2, World War I, Railroads, Railways, World War Two, War, Trains, World War II, Train, Afghanistan War, Books News

Railways changed the nature of warfare, and created the potential for prolonged and mass scale warfare.

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The Anniversary of Our American Success Story

Edward R. Hamberger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Railroads, Staggers Act, Business News

Freight railroads today are a shining example of the American success story -- proving what is possible when the right balance is struck between government regulation and private innovation.

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GoCause at Rails-to-Trails Conservancy: How Two-Wheelers Will Save Our Planet

Matt Hooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fitness, Energy, Green, Bicycling, Green Living, Green Energy, Renewable Resources, Railroads, Exercise, Trains, Conservation, Green News

By building trails where rails used to be, RTC has transformed industrial waste into something useful, beautiful and organic.

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What Should We Do Instead?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Jobs, Carbon Emissions, Gulf Oil Spill, Railroads, Green News

Right now, the debate is focused on a goal of shifting ten percent of America's truck traffic to rail. That's not ambitious enough. Given the evidence that's pouring into the Gulf of Mexico, we need to get America off of oil as quickly as we can.

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Grand Theft Auto 3: Rail City

Greg Selkoe | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is the last of my 3 part installment of posts entitled Grand Theft Auto. In this post I will discuss inner city public rail transportation and automobile use in urban settings.

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Grand Theft Auto 2: San Autodreas-Highspeed Fail

Greg Selkoe | Posted 05.25.2011

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America, it is time to get serious about rail and stop getting our a** kicked by the rest of the world.

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8 Of The World's Most Popular High-Speed Trains (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trains, High Speed Rail, High-Speed Rail, How Tomorrow Moves, Slidepollajax, Railroads, High-Speed Train, Green News

The Obama Administration recently allocated money for high-speed train projects across the nation. Here at HuffPost Green, we think high speed rail is...

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Green News Report -- February 16, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Farming, Asian Carp, Mass Transit, Factory Farms, White Roofs, Climategate, Coal, Organic, High Gas Prices, Railroads, Electric Cars, Katie Couric, Trains, Foreclosure, Heart Disease, Usda, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Bpa, Evan Bayh, Clean Energy Jobs, Factory Farming, Ipcc, Nanotechnology, Coal Industry, Barack Obama, BRAD BLOG, Organic Dairy, High Speed Rail, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Evan Bayh Retirement, China, Green News Report, Green News, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Buh-bye, Evan Bayh; Supertrains for China, not so much for the U.S.; Freeways cause heart attacks...

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Time to Change the Game for Airline and Railroad Workers

Edward Wytkind | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Reform, Elections, National Mediation Board, Airline Unions, Railroads, Union Elections, Railroad Unions, Unions, Labor Unions, Airlines, Business News

Unionization in the airline industry has slowed. Why? Union-busting campaigns are alive and well because current election policy encourages employer-run voter suppression campaigns.

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Has Warren Gone Off the Rails?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investment Strategy, Chicken, Investments, Warren Buffett, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Business News

Warren Buffett is investing $32 billion in Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the nation's 2nd largest railroad. At first blush, this is radically counter-intuitive. A railroad? Isn't that hopelessly brick-and-mortar?

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Buffett's Berkshire: Burlington Northern Railroad Is Latest Acquisition

AP | SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Railroads, Burlington Norther Railroad, Business News

NEW YORK — The biggest name in investing is making what he calls an "all-in wager" on the U.S. economy – $34 billion to own a railroad tha...

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Commerce Residents Choke on Fumes

Terry Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

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No one should have to hold their breath at home to avoid inhaling diesel fumes.

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P3s: Let's Not Party Like It's 1929

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011

We must take the public interest more seriously when we talk about P3s.

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Dick Cheney: The Quintessential Villain of the American West

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joan Didion, Big Oil, Railroads, Big Coal, Halliburton, George W. Bush, Westerns, Native Americans, Wyoming, Torture, Dick Cheney, Old West, Republicans, Gop, Politics News

Sadly, in both the Old West and the new West, the big boys in the smoke-filled rooms always need a Dick Cheney.

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