Railways

Ferrari On Rails? Not Just Yet

Tim Fenton | Posted 05.01.2012

Tim Fenton

A number of overexcited hacks are getting themselves into a premature state of enthusiasm over a very new and very red train that has just taken to the rails in Italy.

PHOTOS: India's Crowded Railway System

Posted 03.20.2012

Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced the first railway fare hike in eight years on March 14 but moments later it was shot down by Congress party...

Dave Jamieson

GOP Bill Would Strip Workers Of Overtime, Minimum Wage Protections

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.13.2012

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

Google's Street View Now Mapping Railroads

google-latlong.blogspot.com | Posted 12.20.2011

Street View is coming to the rails. Google's photo-mapping tool will now extend beyond roads, avenues and freeways and onto train tracks -- at leas...

How Railways Made Large-Scale War Possible

Christian Wolmar | Posted 05.25.2011

Christian Wolmar

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

Obama Calls For $50 Billion Infrastructure Plan For Roads, Rail, Air Travel

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

MILWAUKEE — A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways a...

Why America Needs Trains

Joe Biden | Posted 05.25.2011

Joe Biden

Over the course of my career, my 7,000 round trips on Amtrak have provided me with an understanding of -- and a respect for -- the role of rail travel in our society and our economy.