U.S. and Canada: The magic of Christmas train travel on Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; December 13, 2023 Those who are well informed are aware we are…

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U.S., Amtrak and before: The City of New Orleans and Panama Limited on the Main Line of Mid-America, the line of Casey Jones

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; December 6, 2022 The famed-in-song-and elsewhere The City of New Orleans is…

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Canada: Does VIA Rail’s survival depend on a new route through Ontario and Quebec?

By Mike De Souza and Megan Robinson, Global News; March 11, 2020 Less than 20 years ago, intercity commuters leaving…

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Memphis, Tennessee: The Central Station’s first general manager lays groundwork

By Tom Bailey, Daily Memphian; July 1, 2019 Developers of The Central Station Hotel recently revealed the historic railroad building…

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Southbound City of New Orleans train breaks down en route to Memphis

By David Royer, WREG News Channel 3; June 15, 2018 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An Amtrak train en route from Chicago…

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Australia: Major upgrade for Sydney’s Central station

By Mark Carter, International Railway Journal; March 8, 2018 THE New South Wales (NSW) government has announced that work on…

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Quebec: Centenarian tunnel choke point for Canadian passenger rail projects

By David Thomas, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 7, 2018 A 100-year-old tunnel through Mont-Royal has become a choke…

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Australia: Internal documents show makeover of Sydney’s Central Station to top $3 billion

By Matt O’Sullivan, The Sydney Morning Herald; November 12, 2017 The cost of transforming Sydney’s Central Station into a gateway…

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