On September 15, 1896, the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad crashed two unmanned locomotives into each other at speed as a public spectacle. The Crash at Crush was the idea of passenger agent William Crush, who built a temporary town for the event and charged nothing to watch — the railroad made its money selling tickets on excursion trains to the site. — Read the rest
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The Wisbech and Upwell Tramway was essentially a light railway operating from the attractive Georgian town of Wisbech, England into the fens of Cambridgeshire, terminating at the village of Upwell in an important agricultural area about 6 miles away.
When railways first started to be installed in the UK in the 19th century a significant part of the cost was legal expenses associated with the…
A nearly 600-mile railway that would cut through the heart of the Amazon rainforest got one step closer to reality Thursday when the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled that a national park could be resized to accommodate its passage. If approved, the Ferrogrão, or “grain train,” would run alongside a notoriously clogged and troubled road known […]
A rediscovered address to Stanford University sheds light on the life of its founder.
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Hultanäs railway station in Vetlanda municipality is a historic station on the Växjö-Åseda-Hultsfred narrow-gauge railway. It is no longer in regular service and is primarily used for tourist trains, such as the narrow-gauge steam trains of the museum railway.
The platform lies silent, as if time has decided to halt here. The gravel between the rails is overgrown with weeds and grass. The signs,…
Happy birthday to the Windy City!