Tag: Trains
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Amtrak replaces 30-year old locomotives with high-efficiency 8,600 hp electric models
A bit late for National Train Day, Amtrak is getting some nice new high-efficiency toys.
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May 11th is National Train Day!
May 11th, is the 6th annual National Train Day in the US! Time to celebrate!
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NYC's subway track geometry car blends high- and low-tech
Beneath the city that never sleeps, MTA's "track geometry car" worms it's way through New York's subway tunnels, using a menagerie of sensors and cameras to inspect the tracks.
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What if all subways in North-America were connected?
Just for the heck of it, Randall Munroe, mastermind behind the geek-favorite webcomic XKCD, has created a map showing all of North-America's subways connected, from Canada to Mexico.
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Are LNG locomotives the way to deal with natural gas flaring?
Freight rail is a very efficient way to move goods over long distances, moving a ton of freight around 500 miles on a single gallon of diesel. But railroads still burn around 3.1 billion gallons of diesel a year just in the U.S.
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Map Shows What US-Wide High Speed Rail Might Look Like
The dream of high speed rail in the United States is very, very slowly moving forward. But what if we permit ourselves to dream. What would such a rail network look like?
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Happy Birthday, Grand Central Terminal
The Cathedral to Transportation is one hundred years old, and never looked better.
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Timelapse Train Journey Travels Through the Four Seasons
A gorgeous video shows what it looks like to travel on this train's route as the seasons change.
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On Sesquicentennial of First Tube Ride, a Look at the Incredible Design Influence of London Underground
It's just over a hundred years since Frank Pick started working there, and his influence has been felt around the world ever since.
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First Converted Hybrid Train with Regenerative Braking Could Be a Game Changer
A "Desiro" diesel locomotive retrofitted with batteries recharged by braking takes the tracks. This could be a game changer.
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Still Looking for a Good Public Transit App for your iPhone? Google Maps is Back to iOS
Apple might have a market cap of half a trillion dollars, but that doesn't make it omnipotent. With the release of iOS 6 Maps, the fruit company has found out the hard way that making full-featured, accurate mapping software is hard
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How Fast Could You Travel Across the USA in the 1800s? (Check Out These Old Maps)
In this age of fast travel and instant digital communications, we tend to forget that not so long ago, distances were subjectively very different.
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Italian Rail Integrates Bike and Electric Car Sharing
They don't just get you there fast, they think about how you will get around at your destination
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The Incredible Story of an Elephant Who Derailed a Train to Defend His Herd
Some of the most harrowing stories of animals defying human encroachment have likely been lost to the ages. But thankfully not this one
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A Grand Central Terminal For The Next Hundred Years
It was designed for 75,000 people per day and has to cope with a million. Lord Foster has some ideas to help.
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Will We Vote Our Values or Fears? TreeHugger Interviews Green Party Presidential Hopeful Jill Stein
TreeHugger talks with the Green Party candidate for president, Dr Jill Stein about her Green New Deal, energy, climate, agriculture, and health policy, and more.
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Prototype of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Train Unveiled in the UK
The first hydrogen fuel cell powered train in the UK was successfully tested last week, and the team behind it hopes to encourage further development by the rail industry.
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Yep, High Speed Rail Will Slash Emissions
A new nonpartisan study shows that California's high speed rail is a good investment, and will slash transportation emissions in the Golden State.
