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Russia appears to have built a bizarre, 18-mile fortification from disused freight trains to protect itself in Ukraine, analysts say
Russia has been constructing a 18-mile defensive line in Ukraine since last summer, using about 2,0…
Thibault Spirlet
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Ukraine set off 4 explosive devices on a freight train operating on the only major railroad connecting Russia and China: report
The train was struck while crossing a tunnel in the republic of Buryatia, the only railway line bet…
Thibault Spirlet
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ChatGPT and AI are going to hit kids 'like a freight train,' warns the boss of a children's nonprofit advocacy
"Parents are really concerned that kids can cheat with it, could become too dependent on it as oppo…
Huileng Tan
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Air freight demand has cooled so much, FedEx is telling its pilots to fly for American Airlines instead
Demand for air cargo has slowed due to lower sea freight rates and the return of passenger flights …
Huileng Tan
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A freight train suspiciously went off the rails after a reported explosion in Russian-occupied Crimea, and the railway is blaming 'outsiders'
The railway said the train, which was carrying grain, derailed after "interference by outsiders." A…
Chris Panella
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Residents are filing class action lawsuits against the train company whose freight train derailed and unleashed a toxic cloud of chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio
One lawsuit filed against Norfolk Southern Railway Company in federal court claimed that the train …
Azmi Haroun
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A student was trapped inside an empty Amtrak train after she fell asleep during the ride and missed her stop
Aria Lockhart boarded an Amtrak train around 3 a.m. and fell asleep. She woke up in an empty train …
Monica Humphries
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Former SpaceX colleagues join forces to build autonomous freight train cars, which aim to boost efficiency and ease supply-chain pressures
Three former SpaceX engineers have banded together to design self-driving train cars in an effort t…
Zahra Tayeb
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Amtrak livestreamed a seemingly empty railroad to show it's being held 'hostage' by freight-train companies
On Wednesday, Amtrak joined the streaming platform Twitch to livestream empty train tracks in Missi…
Monica Humphries
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Amtrak may not see the full $80 billion Biden suggested, but planned infrastructure laws may finally help it beat out freight trains
Amtrak is riding a wave of enthusiasm following its plan to expand rail networks to more US and may…
Thomas Pallini
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Kentucky governor issues state of emergency after a train derailed and spilled chemicals in a small town, forcing evacuations
On Wednesday, a train derailed in an eastern Kentucky town, spilling molten sulfur that caught on f…
Julia Pugachevsky
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Ukraine predicted where Russia would reroute trains after it blasted the railroad connecting Russia and China, and then attacked again, report says
A Ukrainian official told the BBC they had preempted the China train diversion, and Russians fell i…
Alia Shoaib
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I went inside the East Coast's largest port and saw how a backlog of goods are moved amid the never-ending chaos of ships, trucks, and trains
Touring the Port of New York and New Jersey.Thomas Pallini/Insider
Thomas Pallini
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Indian Railways wants to haul 18% more cargo by 2030
He said that in 2019 Indian railways transported 1,210 million tonnes through freight which …
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A former SpaceX engineer says his self-driving freight train cars could help ease the trucker shortage
Switching long-haul truck routes for autonomous rail freight would improve retention in the truckin…
Kate Duffy
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A Russian air-defense system got wrecked after it fell off a bridge into the path of a moving train, report says
A Russian air-defense system crashed into a train after its driver lost control and it fell off a b…
Thibault Spirlet
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One woman describes the chaos aboard the Amtrak Auto Train that was delayed for 20 hours: 'I will not be going on another train, that's for sure'
Mary-Jane Crowley told Insider that they were running out of water and at one point she saw defecat…
Lloyd Lee,Hannah Getahun
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How the Army's helicopter 'Freight Train' trains to get soldiers and their gear where they need to be
A well-trained crew can unload an entire Chinook within 13 seconds. Members of the 244th Bravo Comp…
Airman 1st Class Sarah Dowe, US Air Force
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Meet the female truckers making six-figures driving 80,000 pound vehicles across the country. The industry wants to recruit more of them.
The trucking industry anticipates a shortage of 100,000 drivers by 2023, and many recruiters are ho…