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A railroad worker figured out how to send thousands of gallons of drinking water by rail from Mississippi to the Navajo Nation to alleviate the water crisis
Andrew Halter delivers water from Mississippi 1,200 miles via the railroad to families on the Navaj…
Kelsey Vlamis
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All aboard the moon train: DARPA is trying to figure out how to build a lunar railroad
A concept for a moon surface railway is being developed, potentially transporting people, supplies,…
Marianne Guenot
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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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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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Protesting the Ukraine war is banned in Russia, so young people are sabotaging trains and railroad tracks instead: UK intel
"Sabotage continues to appeal to a minority of young people as a method of protest against" Moscow'…
Natalie Musumeci
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Republicans want to shred Amtrak funding as the railroad plans a historic Sunbelt and Western expansion
The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure bill sent unprecedented sums to Amtrak to upgrade and expand its…
Eliza Relman
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Former cop sentenced to community service after a woman she handcuffed and placed in a cop car parked on a marked railroad crossing was struck by a train
The victim suffered nine broken ribs and a broken arm after being hit by a train when the officer p…
Katie Hawkinson
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway agrees to buy insurer Alleghany for nearly $12 billion
"Berkshire will be the perfect permanent home for Alleghany, a company that I have closely observed…
Shalini Nagarajan,Theron Mohamed
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A retired Georgia couple is fighting back against a railroad company that wants to take land their family has owned for generations
Don and Sally Garrett, from Sparta, Georgia, are among a group fighting against Sandersville Railro…
Sam Tabahriti
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A history of Las Vegas in photos: How it transformed from railroad town to a infamous gambling mecca
Organized crime took advantage of the fact Nevada was the only state in America where casino gambli…
James Pasley
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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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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman reveals a $1.2 billion bet on Canadian Pacific Railway
Ackman's Pershing Square hedge fund has exposure to 14.8 million shares of the railroad company thr…
Theron Mohamed
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Warren Buffett thinks railroads will be his firm's key asset in 100 years, while Cathie Wood calls it a 'bad idea'
"I'll venture a rare prediction: BNSF [Railway] will be a key asset for Berkshire and our country a…
Matthew Fox
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The famous Alaska Railroad turns 100 this year. Here's what it's like to ride to North America's northernmost train station
Conductor and clerk welcome passengers aboard an Alaska Railroad train.John Greim/LightRocket via G…
Bianca Giacobone
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US stocks fall as jobless claims drop and railroad union deal averts strike
Weekly jobless claims fell for a fifth straight week last week to 213,000, below economist estimate…
Matthew Fox
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Railroad workers union says workplace conditions such as long hours and lack of sick days will only lead to more tragedies like the Ohio derailment
An open investigation indicates that an overheated wheel was likely the cause of the derailment. Bu…
Kelsey Neubauer
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Railroad stocks rise as tentative deal averts planned labor strike by thousands of rail workers
The Association of American Railroads estimated a labor strike by thousands of workers could have c…
Carla Mozée
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Amtrak set to reduce service in January unless more employees adhere to COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Amtrak president Stephen Gardner told House lawmakers that roughly 95% of the rail system's workers…
John L. Dorman
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11 shows that lost at the Emmys, but you should definitely watch
Elizabeth Olsen stars in "WandaVision."Disney Plus
Kim Renfro
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North Korea's latest ballistic missile test appeared to involve firing missiles out of a train
North Korean state media said the "railway mobile missile system is an effective counter-striking m…