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PHOTOS: The World's Most Scenic Train Trips

Executive Travel | Posted 04.08.2013 | Travel
Read More: Scenic Train Trips, Distilled Perspective, Railways, Train Travel, Trains, Vacation, Luxury Travel, Travel, Orient Express, Travel News
Executive Travel

First attracted by the novelty, travelers quickly became enchanted: here was a mode of transport that let them enjoy the passing scenery, rather than whiz over it in a jet or through it in a car.

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An Open Letter to Thomas the Tank Engine

JJ Keith | Posted 12.01.2012 | Parents
Read More: Railways, Trains, Thomas the Tank Engine, Small Wonder, Open Letters, Battlestar Galactica, Kids Tv, Anthropology, The Moth, Parents News
JJ Keith

Long before I was a housewife writing letters to sentient trains, I studied anthropology, and thus far I haven't been able to make sense of you and your friends.

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Ferrari On Rails? Not Just Yet

Tim Fenton | Posted 07.01.2012 | Business
Read More: European Union, High Speed Rail, Italy, Rail Travel, Europe, Europe Travel, Railways, Business News
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.

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PHOTOS: India's Crowded Railway System

Posted 03.20.2012 | World
Read More: Photos, Photography, India, Railways, New Delhi, Trains, Exposure, Mumbai, Slidewide, World News

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...

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Dave Jamieson

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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Google's Street View Now Mapping Railroads

google-latlong.blogspot.com | Posted 12.20.2011 | Travel
Read More: Google, Video, Switzerland, Maps, International Destinations, Railways, Trains, Street View, Online Travel, Google Maps, Gotta See This, Destinations, Rails, Travel News

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...

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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
Christian Wolmar

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

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

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Infrastructure Bank, Gas, Amtrak, Railways, Airports, Jobs, Obama, Runways, Tax Breaks, Stimulus, Air Travel, Infrastructure, Unemployment, Highways, Stimulus Package, Spending, Oil, Roads, Politics News

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

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Why America Needs Trains

Joe Biden | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: White House, Railways, Wilmington, Bob Dole, Amtrak, Trains, Tom Thumb, Joe Biden, Acela, Barack Obama, Arrive Magazine, Baltimore, Metroliner, How Tomorrow Moves, Politics News
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.

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