May 22, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Railroads

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PHOTOS: Nigeria's Forgotten Railroads

AP | JON GAMBRELL | Posted 04.13.2013 | World

Read More: Video, Nigeria Railroad Photos, Nigeria Railroads, Railroads, Nigeria, Nigeria Trains, Trains, Nigeria Transportation, Nigeria Rail, Nigeria Train Photos, World News

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Train horns now sound again across Nigeria's lush south and the encroaching desert of its north, but the history of the nation's 100...

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Obama & Buffett Bullish on P3s

Michael Likosky | Posted 04.04.2013 | Miami

Read More: Railroads, Warren Buffett, Infrastructure Bank, Infrastructure, President Obama, American Society of Civil Engineers, Miami News

Last week was a big one for public-private-partnerships: On Friday, President Obama fleshed out his partnership plan, which he had announced during t...

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Why Warren Buffett Believes Trains Will Power the Recovery

Mary Buffett | Posted 03.27.2013 | Business

Read More: Investing, Warren Buffett, Bnsf, Railroads, Business News

In order to better understand why it is a good bet, you have to travel back and see where freight rail nearly went off the tracks.

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Will The 'QueensWay' Be New York City's Next High Line?

Tom Moran | Posted 03.08.2013 | Travel

Read More: Green Architecture, Railroads, Friends of the Queensway, Architecture, Design, New York City-New York, Travel, Queens, Landscape Architecture, New York, Trust for Public Land, Queensway, Travel News

The plan to transform a 3.5-mile stretch of derelict railroad in central Queens into an urban greenway is gaining momentum.

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10 New Railroad Boom Towns

Posted 03.13.2013 | Travel

Read More: Infrastructure, Infrastructure Investment, Amtrak Passenger Train, Amtrak, Railroads, Train Travel, Trains, Domestic Travel, US Travel, Travel News

Last week, as congressional leaders announced a plan to reauthorize funding for railroads across America, a new Brookings Institution study showed tha...

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Mr. Ready Is Coming!

John Malik | Posted 05.01.2013 | Books

For a cook, there's something very endearing about a cookbook that contains a recipe that begins with, "For 1,000 pounds of pork..." From Rivets and Rails, Recipes of a Railroad Boarding House Cookbook is full of such charm.

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Warren Buffett's Sneaky Sale

AP | JOSH FUNK | Posted 02.25.2013 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Berkshire Hathaway Railroad, Video, Railroads, Buffett, Warren Buffett, Ap, Business News

OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett's company has sold two short-line railroads it recently discovered it owned to satisfy regulators who might have re...

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An Inconvenient Truth About Lincoln (That You Won't Hear from Hollywood)

Lynn Parramore | Posted 01.21.2013 | Entertainment

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Big Business, Corporations, Railroads, Lincoln, Entertainment News

Some of the most powerful corporations of Lincoln's time were wildly enriched by having a friend in one Abraham Lincoln.

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'Green News Report' - September 20, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.20.2012 | Green

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'Green News Report' - September 18, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.18.2012 | Green

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'Green News Report' - September 13, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.13.2012 | Green

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Bad News for Pipelines, Good News for Rail

Daniel J. Graeber | Posted 08.09.2012 | Green

Read More: Oil, Bakken, British Petroleum, Oil Spill, Railroads, Keystone XL Pipeline, Pipeline, Enbridge, Green News

Though in terms of volume, pipeline transportation has proved its merit, the move by BP in the Bakken formation suggests rail transit remains a viable option for the industry.

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PHOTOS: Germany's Fairy Tale Railroad

Jim Calio | Posted 07.08.2012 | Travel

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 | Politics

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 | Politics

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 | Travel

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 | Home

Read More: Owney the Post Office Dog, Terriers, Railroads, Smithsonian, Post Office, Dogs, U.S. Postage Stamp, Owney, Owney Mail Dog, Owney Dog, Home 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 | San Francisco

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 | Green

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 | Denver

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 | Chicago

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 | Politics

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 | New York

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 | Books

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 | Business

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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