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    Bullet Train Developer Locks In Up To $300M Investment From Japanese Backers

    September 27, 2018

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    Tierra Smith

    In the latest saga to introduce a high-speed, public transportation network in Texas, the developers of one proposal have secured backing from an overseas investor — which is causing a stir among other high-speed rail players.

    Last week, Texas Central Partners, the priv...

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    Chicago to Cleveland in 28 minutes? Supporters working to make hyperloop a reality

    September 24, 2018

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    Andrew Steele

    Chicago to Pittsburgh in 45 minutes? To Cleveland in 28? That might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but serious people, and serious money, are committed to the effort to make so-called "hyperloop" travel a reality.

    While skeptics question its technical, economi...

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    KCS, customs and border officials advance Secure Corridor strategy

    September 24, 2018

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    Jeff Stagl

    KCS President and CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer (fourth from the right) helped open a secondary exam station in Laredo Aug. 10.

    In August, Kansas City Southern and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials officially opened a secondary examination station in Laredo,...

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    Flying Trains and Flying Whales: Radical New Ideas for Freight Transportation

    September 24, 2018

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    Daniel P. Bearth

    Courtesy of Dahir Semenov (Facebook)

    The future of rail transportation literally may be up in the air.

    Entrepreneurs and engineers from around the world have proposed radical concepts for hauling freight and passengers, including a multistory flying train that is pulled...

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    Germany Just Rolled Out the World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Trains

    September 19, 2018

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    Kristin Houser

    ALL ABOARD

    Hydrogen fuel cells are a greener way to power vehicles. But they have also been cost-prohibitive. Today, though, that’s starting to change — on Monday, German passengers boarded the world’s first hydrogen-powered trains.

    “Sure, buying a hydrogen tra...

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    NY: Goats on Subway Tracks Head to Upstate Sanctuary

    September 11, 2018

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    ESTHER SHITTU AND DAN RIVOLI

    Police arrived on the scene, tranquilized the male goats, and took them to an animal shelter. The shelter contacted Farm Sanctuary.

    Two goats on the lam -- Willy and Billy -- are bound for an animal sanctuary after spending a scary two hours on the tracks of the N line...

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    Collaborative approaches, technological advances top Batory’s agenda at the FRA

    September 10, 2018

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    Jeff Stagl

    In late 2016, Ron Batory was planning his retirement from Conrail. Come some point in early 2017, he was ready to start the good life after more than 20 years of service at the short line — including 13 as president and chief operating officer — and more than 45 years...

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    China, Japan set to sign up to 30 joint ventures in foreign infrastructure markets

    September 10, 2018

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    David Rogers

    Rail superpowers Japan and China are to go ahead with long-discussed moves to cooperate on overseas infrastructure projects, with Thailand’s $5.5bn East Coast scheme under discussion as their debut project.

    The two sides are to take up the matter when Japanese prime min...

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    High-Speed Rail CEO: People Will Ask How They Lived Without It

    September 10, 2018

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    David Taub

    High-speed rail will reduce travel times between major California cities.

    That is the belief of the bullet-train authority’s CEO Brian P. Kelly, who spoke in Fresno on Friday (Sept. 7). He said when the rail is built, for example, it will cut the time from San Francisco...

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    High-speed rail officials update public on Burbank-to-L.A. section of project

    September 10, 2018

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    ANTHONY CLARK CARPIO

    The proposed Burbank to Los Angeles section of the state high-speed rail project is still projected to be built alongside the existing tracks used by Metro, Metrolink, Amtrak and freight operators. (Courtesy of the California High Speed Rail Authority)

    Officials with th...

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