RAILROAD TRACKS

Once upon a time, the Little Miami Railroad, named for the river that it follows, was Cincinnati’s land passage to the rest of the world. Starting downtown, the railway eventually reached Xenia, Ohio, where it connected with other lines stretching to Columbus, Dayton, and eventually, Toledo and Detroit. The railway was eventually absorbed into the [...]Source : Edged in Blue (subscribe)Explore : Literature Blogs

The Minnesota Department of Transportation and Minnesota Operation Lifesaver have issued a safety alert, after two peopleSource : kare11.com - Business News (subscribe)

I got this in an email, and it's really interesting. It's a miniature railroad in Germany, and it covers over 15,00 square feet of space. Here's some more fun facts. It takes 40 computers to run the trains, ships, places, and people in this model... Famous sights in the major European countries and the U.S. are represented. The "Miniatur Wunderland" model railroad in Hamburg, Germany is the...Source : Popcorn Bytes (subscribe)

You may well have seen this before—but if not ... The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built...Source : The English Blog (subscribe)

The High Line was once a grimy set of abandoned train tracks. Now it's a fancy park for fancy people. So the fancy people want to scrub all the graffiti off the surrounding buildings, lest it hurt...Source : Valleywag (subscribe)Explore : Technology Blogs

Amtrak is using $25 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to replace transformers and other electrical equipment — some of which date to before World War II — at 40 substations that deliver the power needed to propel passenger trains on the electrified tracks between New York and Washington, D.C. Related posts: Amtrak repairs to disrupt Northeast Corridor...Source : Railpax Magazine (subscribe)

This is a very sad story to report out of Auburndale, Florida. An 18-year-old high school student was walking along Amtrak train tracks wearing headphones and apparently didn't hear an...

You may well have seen this before—but if not ... The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built...

3 killed in train-car crash in southern Miss.McCOMB, Miss. — Authorities say three people have been killed and another person critically injured after the car they were riding in collided with a passenger train in southern Mississippi.

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Oklahoma City police have made an arrest in connection with the discovery of three suspicious devices along railroad tracks in southeastern Oklahoma City. View post: Arrest Made After Devices Found Along Railroad Tracks.

I spotted these railroad tracks in Mojave and was trying to capture the desert landscape they ran through.