Railroads

Has Warren Gone Off the Rails?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

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?

Warren Buffett Buys A RAILROAD? Berkshire Hathaway Acquires Burlington Northern Railroad

AP | SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business


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...

Time to Change the Game for Airline and Railroad Workers

Edward Wytkind | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business


Edward Wytkind

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.

Commerce Residents Choke on Fumes

Terry Gardner | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green


Terry Gardner

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

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

Michael Likosky | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business


Michael Likosky

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

Dick Cheney: The Quintessential Villain of the American West

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


Nathan Hegedus

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

Obama Plots Huge High-Speed Railroad Expansion In Stimulus Bill

Politico | DAVID ROGERS | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics


Railroads made Chicago, and now a Chicago-rich White House wants to return the favor: remaking rail with a huge new federal investment in high-speed p...

Cuba's Trains: One More Victim in the Collapse of Infrastructure

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.01.2009 | World


Yoani Sanchez

Lokomotiv He started with a pick and shovel, planting the heavy crossbeams that support the train lines. His father had also been a railroad worke...

Ditch the Automobile Altogether

Joe Lauria | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business


Joe Lauria

Why not take those millions of dollars that create sophisticated commercial propaganda all day on television to induce us to buy a car and put it to work reducing greenhouse gases instead?

Mass Transit Won Big On Election Day

TreeHugger.com | Posted 12.19.2008 | Green


November 4th was a good day for democracy in general (most of the voting went off without a hitch) and Democrats in particular. But lost in all the ex...

China Railway $5.4 Billion IPO To Be World's Biggest This Year

Wall Street Journal | Nisha Gopalan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


China Railway Construction Corp., the state-owned railroad builder, is seeking to raise up to US$5.44 billion ahead of Hong Kong and Shanghai listings...