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Popular Mechanics
September 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
World's Fastest Train You Can Ride Dumps Energy Like a Prius The Series N700 is billed as the world's fastest bullet train in service. The 5-hour trip from Tokyo to Fukuoka will be shortened by a mere 10 minutes, but it will be quieter and will use 19 percent less energy than current bullet trains.   |
Popular Mechanics
September 11, 2008
John R. Quain |
5 New Super Trains on Fast Track to World's Fastest Bullet The case for high-speed, low-impact train travel is clear, and many governments have ambitious high-speed train plans in the works. But are they realistic? The author evaluates proposals for the 200-mph trains of the future. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2007
John Quain |
Super Trains: Plans to Fix U.S. Rail Could End Road & Sky Gridlock With airports and highways more congested than ever, new steel-wheel and magnetic levitation lines that move millions in Europe and Japan have the potential to resurrect the age of American railroads. |
Scientific American
August 2009
Michael Moyer |
High Hopes for High-Speed Rail Will a boom in government investment bring true high-speed rail to the U.S.? |
Wired
June 26, 2007
David Wolman |
Hey America, Make With the !@~$ High-Speed Rail Already French engineers have created Ligne a Grande Vitesse, a Paris-to-Strasbourg high-speed rail system the moves at a record- breaking 357 miles per hour. This new system provides a glimpse of next-generation railway travel. |
AskMen.com
Nick Clarke |
Top 10: Train Trips Yes, train journeys are making an unexpected comeback -- thanks in large part to delayed planes, seasickness and dodgy road trips. |
TIME Asia
August 16, 2010
Austin Ramzy |
Engines of Growth At a time when infrastructure in the U.S. and Europe is aging fast, China's railways may give it a competitive edge over the world's leading economies. |
AskMen.com
Luke Arnott |
Getting The Best Deal On European Trains For most European travel, the train is the most reliable and economical option. And there are the train ticket options and packages for every type of traveler. |
Popular Mechanics
June 23, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
10 Lessons Learned From Past Rail Accidents It's calamitous enough when one train rear-ends another, as happened yesterday in Washington. But it's often deadlier when two trains meet head-on. |
PC Magazine
March 2, 2004
Sebastian Rupley |
Smart Trains What's your alternative to dozing on the morning train? In France, it's working on a Wi-Fi-connected notebook computer. |
Popular Mechanics
April 9, 2009
S.E. Kramer |
Railroad Stimulus: How to Spend $14 Billion to Improve U.S. Rail There are many ways to improve the country's passenger-rail network. Experts agree that to get more people off the roads and onto trains, the government must pick and choose projects wisely. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
Jean Kumagai |
A Brief History of Earthquake Warnings The idea of using seismic waves to provide advanced warning of impending doom is not new. Here is a short background to the development of seismic alert systems. |
Job Journal
May 29, 2005
Mary Ann Bailey |
Career Pros: All Aboard for a Better Future Better to take risks and enjoy the adventure, says a life coach. |
Wired
October 23, 2007
James Lee |
Bullet Trains Will Finally Bless the UK's Cathedral of the Railway The renovation of the St. Pancras International train station. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2010
Erico Guizzo |
Tech in Sight Three ways to move people - fast, faster, fastest. For the speed boost that was promised us in so many futuristic movies, look to these three technologies. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2010
Sandra Upson |
Winner: IBM Helps Reinvent Russia's Railroad IBM overhauls Russian Railways' software infrastructure |
High on Adventure
February 2010
Sylvia Blishak |
Five Weeks and 7,400 Miles -- Circling the USA on Amtrak We made our plans for a five-week sentimental rail journey with stops in California, Arizona, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. |
Real Travel Adventures
February 2006
John Ciullo |
La Trochita: The Little Engine That Couldn't The Old Patagonia Express in Argentina is a loveable, if not slow, ride through the wind-swept plains of Patagonia. |
CIO
September 11, 2008
Stephanie Overby |
How IT is Helping the Railroad Industry Improve Efficiency and Service Railroads are poised for a comeback, thanks to rising fuel prices. IT provides the linchpin for a shipping model that integrates ships, trucks and trains. |
PC Magazine
July 11, 2007
John R. Quain |
Riding the Rails to the Future New technologies hold promise for a resurgence of railroad travel. |
Popular Mechanics
February 16, 2010
Stephen Joiner |
Is Bigger Better? 'Monster' Trains vs Freight Trains Union Pacific quietly ran a record-setting "monster" freight train over its Sunset Route, from Dallas to Long Beach, using the 3.5-mile-long behemoth during a one-time test of new distributed-power configurations that may help make long trains even longer. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Caroline Winter |
Briefs Toyota is absolved, Live Nation is looking for acquisitions, and Central Japan Railway is staking $62 billion on building the world's fastest train. |
BusinessWeek
October 7, 2010
Greiling-Keane & Marois |
Politics Jeopardizing Some High-Speed Rail Projects High-speed rail projects are running into political roadblocks, yet some states are barreling along. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
Robb Mandelbaum |
Stop That Train! Electronically controlled railway brakes may finally displace a 150-year-old technology. |
Real Travel Adventures
May 2009
Jim Loomis |
From Sea to Shining Sea ... By Train As my fingers traced the various routes on a map of Amtrak's nationwide system, I suddenly realized it's possible to literally travel around the entire country, connecting from one train to another. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2009
Toby Shute |
2 Ways to Cash In on High-Speed Rail Obama's call for a new commitment to high-speed passenger rail in this country could mean potential profits for these players. |
AskMen.com
David Nusair |
How To: Collect Model Trains Getting started with a basic setup is actually far easier than one might expect thanks to a myriad of internet-based resources and the presence of model railroading clubs within most major cities. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
Yu-Tzu Chiu |
Taiwan's High-Tech Hubbub Inexplicably, when Taiwan started developing plans 10 years ago for a bullet train to go from the north end of the island to the south, the route was allowed to conflict with plans for a new semiconductor park in Tainan. Here's the latest on the issue. |
Wired
July 2006
David Wolman |
Train to the Roof of the World China's new 1,200-mile railway crosses some of the harshest terrain on the planet. Plug in your oxygen supply. All aboard the Tibet express. |
Entrepreneur
May 2005
Chris McGinnis |
Ticket to Ride Flying to New York City is a breeze compared to the hassle of journeying from any of its three airports to Manhattan. Here's some advice and options on getting downtown in a jiffy. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Josh Dean |
The Train Welcome to tomorrow's computer-controlled, GPS-guided, ultra-energy-efficient transportation revolution. |
Fast Company
September 2000
Christine Canabou |
Road Rules - Rule 23 Take your conference call to go. |
PC Magazine
March 17, 2008 |
Guilt-Free Green Travel Here are some tips to green up your next trip. |
BusinessWeek
October 23, 2008
Emily Thornton |
Canadian National Railway's Timely Profits Canadian National Railway's CEO Hunter Harrison went against traditional freight train practice and successfully implemented a precise schedule of shipments. |
AskMen.com
October 24, 2002
Harry Marks |
Top 10: North American Scenic Drives Each route that made the list winds through spectacular scenery; beyond that, they share little in common. |
CIO
September 30, 2008
Abbie Lundberg |
Investing to Grow IT helps railroads be efficient and build for the future. |
Real Travel Adventures
February 2005
Robert Painter |
Across Canada on American Orient Express The legendary Grand Trans-Canada Rail Journey begins at the Pacific coast in Vancouver, British Columbia, traverses the Canadian Rockies, across the vast prairies and ends in the wonderfully European city of Montreal. |
Real Travel Adventures
June 2006
Mary McIntosh |
A Morning with the Dolphins In April of 1993 I spent a month in Australia, a couple of weeks with friends on the east coast, and then I took the train from Adelaide to Perth. |
Real Travel Adventures
December 2007
Charmaine Shucker |
Amazing Royal Gorge and Its Historic Railroad Lovely scenery, food and a little excitement all at one location. |
PC Magazine
March 16, 2004
Peter Suciu |
All Aboard Before the jet age, rails connected the country. Many games have covered this golden age of travel, and one of the best is still Microsoft's Train Simulator. Although the newest release has been derailed until later in 2004, these other titles let you become a railroad robber baron--or just take a ride on the rails. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2011
Molly McCluskey |
Subway Cars: Why You Should Be Getting On Board How an Aging Infrastructure can speed up your returns on subway train car manufacturers' stocks. |
American History
February 2008
Charity Vogel |
The Angola Train Wreck A deadly train wreck brought tragedy to a western New York village -- but it gave John D. Rockefeller reason to be thankful. |
