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The Town Council of Southern Pines met Tuesday and discussed passenger rail expansion.
A consultant hired to help facilitate railroad expansion gave a report to the town council on the status of a proposed S-Line rail expansion, which would eventually…
It is a sight to behold when a long-nosed javelin in white and gold zips through a desert at 300 km/h. The 450-kilometer electric railway, Haramain Express (which means two sanctuaries in Arabic), is designed to carry 60 million passengers a year, incl…
How things have changed in 15 years! In 2008, a Chinese state company, Cosco, bought the port of Piraeus, outbidding a Hong Kong-based multinational. No Western firm showed an interest in Greece’s biggest port. The government at the time, under Kostas …
Introduction
Coast-to-coast railroads helped build the modern United States into an economic powerhouse, and they continue to play an important if controversial role. Today, privately owned freight rail remains competitive with other modes of transport…
Activity at the Port of Savannah, where the events that started the case began. (Ty Wright/Bloomberg News)
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What began as a $510 small claims case brought by a trucking company has evol…