Railway Industry

The state prosecutor's office has issued a fresh round of subpoenas seeking information about four development projects, the latest chapter in a long-running probe focused at least in part on gifts Mayor Sheila Dixon received from a developer who received...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) _ The Vietnamese government says it is planning to build two new railway systems in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City at the cost of nearly $15 billion. It says it hopes to help ease the overloaded traffic system in the country's two...

The state agency that oversees railroad safety said Tuesday that Canadian National Railway should be required to help local governments get funding for any needed overpasses if it acquires a suburban rail line. The federal government also should impose...

If the Canadian National Railway is allowed to buy a suburban rail line, money wouldn't be available to build overpasses at railroad crossings likely to be blocked by increased freight traffic, state and federal officials said Tuesday. And even if...

Uncertainties of global warming Re "Climate change: Just deal with it?" March 26 The Times misses much of the point. Yes, humans can take some steps to mitigate the effects of climate change on our own species, but we can do little to help other species...

Matthew K. Rose, head honcho of one of the nation's biggest railways, made the rounds recently touting a plan to city power brokers for a new "green" rail yard near the port. It'll have clean trucks, he said. Electric cranes. Natural-gas locomotives. His...

Nearly two weeks after a national recall of 1.5 million Thomas & Friends wooden railway toys, a spot check of more than 100 retailers by state investigators showed that the toys still were on sale in a handful of stores and that numerous other stores...

Here's a trip for the experienced traveler who's seen and done it all. Sure, you've flown around the world in a jumbo jet, sailed across the ocean on a cruise ship and seen the countryside by train. Maybe you've traveled by a horse and buggy, hot air...

All aboard! Henry Flagler's 1886 railcar made its last stop in Palm Beach more than 40 years ago and never left. Now, after two years in storage, the public can see and explore inside the railroad mogul's treasured mode of transportation in the new, $5...

Many tourists visiting Nova Scotia don't see much beyond the rocky harbor and lighthouse at Peggy's Cove or the fortress and historic waterfront in Halifax. But those who don't continue on to Cape Breton Island, the easternmost part of the province, are...

EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-SIX was a very big year. John Stith Pemberton invented Coca-Cola. Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty. King Ludwig II of Bavaria died, much to the delight of Bavarians. Also having a good year were mutton chops and diphtheria....

More than 250 people move to Central Florida every day, lured to the region by its jobs and climate. Many are quickly drawn to the area's varied outdoor offerings, from its beaches and parks to the tourist attractions. For some, the closest outdoor...