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China’s expanding network of ultramodern high-speed trains has come under growing scrutiny here over costs and because of concerns that builders ignored safety standards in the quest to build faster trains in record time.
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Are China’s high-speed trains heading off the rails?
President Barack Obama wants to upgrade America's transport system using high-speed trains, bringing a taste of what is a part of everyday life in Europe and Asia to the United States. But the car-obsessed nation is divided over the plans. Is the mammoth project doomed to failure?
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Ditching Cars For Bullet Trains - Can Obama Get High-Speed On Track
Whew! That's a long title. Anyway on with the story. I have a routine at night with my 5 year old. Right before he goes to sleep at night we watch Thomas the train. I like the show not just because it makes my little one sleepy. I like the show because of the model trains. I love model trains. To me they are a work of art, even old Thomas (pictured above) is amazing to look at. The funny thing ...
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Loveland’s Doug French has loved model trains since he was 8 years old, and has kept the passion chugging through his adult life. Yet as a parent, the father could never seem to spark his own children’s interest in the hobby.
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Mt. Hood looms as campers enjoy a flashing fire and a train whistle sounds in the background. An autumn evening in the wilderness? Nope. It’s Russ Betschart’s tribute to the rails.
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A World on Rails
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission still does not have an operating agreement to get recreational passenger service running on the 32-mile branch line that runs the length of the county.
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Rail Update: Not Done Yet
Thanks to a number of factors, the faint sound of a passenger train whistle can now be heard rolling down long-abandoned downtown tracks, with Charleston Mayor Joe Riley in the lead car, readying his conductor's cap. by Greg Hambrick Charleston Mayor Joe Riley's nostalgic dream of passenger trains running down a long-abandoned downtown route is just about where it has always been — on a piece of ...
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