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Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business, Center for Railway Research and Education (CRRE) is debuting a conference, Rails to the Future: 200 Years of Progress, Building What’s Next, at ...

Tri-Rail trains have been rolling down the tracks since early 1989. Now, some are wondering whether the cash-strapped commuter rail service will run out of money and be forced to shut down. The ...

Amtrak is debuting its NextGen Acela trains on Thursday, the company's next step in its goal of achieving high-speed rail. The new trains will slowly replace the current Acela equipment, increasing ...

Apps make it easy to map our own cycling routes, but there’s something special about pedaling along a rail-trail. The new PBS documentary, From Rails to Trails, follows the 60-year fight to convert ...

Annie Chaffee shows how a railroad’s thirty foot right-of-way would impact the backyard of her home in Gilman on Friday, August 15, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger LUNENBURG — The inconceivable ...

Remember that movie Singles from the ’90s? The one with espresso angst, flannel obsessions, and a killer soundtrack featuring the likes of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and The Smashing Pumpkins? Somewhere ...

The EU has one of the densest railway networks in the world, however national railway systems across the EU vary. The process of improving the compatibility of EU member states' national railway ...