Railway Industry

For quite some time now, enthusiastic volunteers have been whacking brush, clearing debris and replacing ties and rails on the old Pennsylvania Railroad's Northern Central Division, one of the nation's most historic stretches of railroad, which courses 10...

TORONTO, June 3 (Reuters) - Pershing Square Capital Management said on Monday that it plans to sell up to 7 million shares of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd over the next six to 12 months because the soaring stock now represents more than one quarter of its...

(For other news from Reuters Latin America Investment Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/LatinAmerica13) BRASILIA, May 21 (Reuters) - Brazil will improve bidding terms for investors interested in building railways, including a high speed...

Renae Stovesand, board member of the Fillmore Chamber of Commerce, doesn't mince words about how she thinks the loss of the Fillmore & Western Railway would affect the local economy. "It would be a very, very bad thing," she said Saturday as she...

As Mark Twain noted, history doesn't repeat itself, but "sometimes it rhymes," and South Florida may be in for one of those rhyming moments as it emerges from the economic doldrums of the past half decade. Turn the clock back a hundred years: Henry...

As Gov. Jerry Brown seeks to build California's own high-speed rail system, he's pointed to the example set by China, where 5,000 miles of track have been laid in recent years. During his visit there this week, he will ride one of those bullet trains from...

"Some time the hating has to stop," reads the last line of "The Railway Man," a moving tale of wartime torture and forgiveness by former British prisoner of war Eric Lomax. Lomax was a British army officer when he was captured by Japanese forces during...

If Elaine Silets ever writes her autobiography — and we can only hope she does, and soon — it will have to be published in a couple of volumes. The woman has stories. Born in Chicago to a lawyer father (the Marx Brothers were among his...

The following food service establishments were inspected by the Washington County Health Department in March and found to have sanitation violations that must be corrected within 30 days: Bavarian Pretzel Bakery, 17301 Valley Mall Road — Three...

The contributions African-Americans made to Roanoke's rich railroad history are equally as rich. This weekend you can take a trip back in time to explore those contributions. It’s all part of the 14th annual African-American Norfolk and Western...

Former railway could be used for commuter service To the editor: I see that fourth on the City of Hagerstown’s list of transportation priorities is the recreational trail following the old rail right-of-way from Hagerstown to Weverton. I think...

A Roanoke landmark heavily damaged by fire is getting a major makeover. The former passenger station of the Virginian Railway is on Williamson Road not far from Community Hospital.  If you've driven by here the last few years, you've seen nothing but a...