If you are on the lookout for a property that has a mix of old and new, the old railway storehouse in Co Wicklow is the perfect property for you. ‘The Old Railway Store’ in Tinahely is a stunning four-bed home which blends historic character with modern comforts. Having featured on RTÉ’s ‘Home of the […]
NASA aims to set up a long-term human presence on the Moon, but maintaining a habitat on the surface will require some innovative infrastructure. To one day transport cargo across the dusty, cratered landscape, NASA is considering a magnetic levitation railway system. NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program recently announced six projects selected for the […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — As the multi-year project to stabilize the Del Mar coastal bluffs connecting Southern California by rail continues, Pacific Surfliner service on certain days will be impacted for the next two years as crews begin the next phase of work on Sunday. The Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) railway connects […]
May 10—For the first time in several years, the city of Effingham is looking to expand the quiet zone for trains passing through the area after being awarded federal grant funds for safety upgrades to a local pedestrian railway crossing. During the Effingham City Council’s meeting Tuesday, Public Works Director Jeremy Heuerman told the council […]
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program. Attorneys for the Warren Buffett-owned company say the […]
Almost nothing stops Japan’s famous high-speed bullet trains from running exactly on time – but a tiny snake slithering through a passenger carriage will do the trick, albeit for just 17 minutes. On Tuesday, a commuter reported to station staff in Tokyo that a 40-centimeter (16-inch) snake had been spotted in the carriage of a […]
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British Steel has secured a deal to supply rail track for a new, fully-electrified route in north Africa, the company has announced. The contract will see about 9,500 tonnes of track produced in Scunthorpe for Egypt’s Green Line railway, between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. British Steel said it was “a multimillion-pound” contract. It […]
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s main railway operator and a union representing many of its train drivers have reached a deal in a long dispute over working hours and pay that was marked by a string of strikes, the union said Monday. Neither the GDL union nor state-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn gave details of their […]
Unknown individuals damaged the pillar of a railway bridge in Russia’s Samara Oblast using explosives on the morning of 4 March. Ukrainian intelligence reports that this railway branch was used for transporting ammunition, and that the bridge will be unusable for the coming weeks. Source: Telegram-based news outlets Baza, Shot and Mash; Kremlin-aligned Russian news […]
A railway bridge across the Chapayevka River in Russia’s Samara Oblast has been blown up, paralyzing the traffic, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said on March 4 without specifying who was responsible for the incident. The bridge and the adjacent railway connection were used by Russia to transport military cargo, namely engineering explosives produced by the […]
BNSF Railway has reportedly furloughed 362 employees across the U.S. in a cost-cutting measure, according to the union that represents the workers. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) BNSF Railway, one of the largest freight railroads in the U.S., has reportedly furloughed hundreds of employees in Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and Texas. The furloughs were announced Tuesday, with 362 […]