Train Tracks: News
The Professor and the Farmer — On a Train
“I’ll ask you a question,” the professor says. “If you…
Amtrak’s sleek new high-speed electric trains are coming
Earlier this year, if you happened to be standing at…
American Railroad: A Musical Journey of Reclamation
Embark on “American Railroad,” a five-episode podcast that seeks to…
America’s Historic Railroad History Captured On Camera
As America expanded into the Wild West, settlers were transported…
First Driverless, Autonomous Train
The first of 35 fully automated Metropolis trains from French…
Commuter Pods Ride Old Railway Lines
Country folk tend to like the independence offered by their…
Northrop Grumman wins DARPA contract for a railway on the Moon
In preparation for a permanent human colony on the Moon,…
Fuel-cell train travels more than 1,700 miles on one tank of hydrogen
A hydrogen fuel-cell passenger train developed by Swiss rail vehicle…
Google’s new HQ goes off the rails
Google has commissioned the ambitious transformation of a 1930s rail…
The US Military Almost Deployed Nuclear Missile Trains on American Railroads During the Cold War
According to a 1992 assessment of the project by Air Force…