U.S.: After the federal government mortally wounded passenger trains in 1967, Amtrak was created to clean up the mess

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; October 18, 2022 Here is something to consider: Amtrak wasn’t created totally…

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U.S., Virginia: Norfolk Southern donates Norfolk and Western Railway archives, $750,000 to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture

A press release from Norfolk Southern Corporation; April 6, 2002: Richmond, Va. – Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced…

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U.S., Amtrak Crescent History: A Southern Dining Car Menu

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; January 4, 2021 In 1973, The Southern Crescent was still operating as…

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History Abounds Inside and Outside New Orleans’ Union Passenger Terminal

By Matt Haines, Very Local New Orleans; April 25, 2019 It’s likely most New Orleanians know the Union Passenger Terminal…

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India: Despite checks, roosters still transported in passenger coaches

By Jose K. Joseph, Express News Service, The New Indian Express; March 18, 2019 TIRUCHY: With several passengers continuing to transport…

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How the Washington & Old Dominion railroad created Northern Virginia’s suburbs

By Gregg Otten, Guest Contributor, Greater Greater Washington; October 3, 2018 Today, the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) is a…

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Inside the renovation of century-old Southern Railway Buildings, a downtown Atlanta landmark

By Josh Green, Atlanta Curbed; August 27, 2018 Atlanta famously sprung to life as a railroad town, and the long,…

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Atlanta: Fresh renderings of South Downtown’s Norfolk Southern renovation emerge

By Sean Keenan, Curbed Atlanta; July 26, 2018 Two railroad company buildings older than a century in South Downtown appear…

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North Carolina: ‘Al Capone may have sat on them.’ Amtrak salvages history from Raleigh’s train station.

By Richard Stradling, The News & Observer; July 23, 2018 RALEIGH – Now that passengers are catching Amtrak trains at…

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Loft apartments to fill former Norfolk Southern building in downtown Atlanta

By J. Scott Trubey, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; February 21, 2018 The Los Angeles developer behind plans to turn downtown Atlanta’s…

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Unique New Orleans moments: Union Passenger Terminal opens in 1954

Staff Report, The New Orleans Advocate; December 27, 2017 The New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal replaced five railroad stations that…

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Georgia: You may have never seen it, but Macon’s Brosnan Yard is a railroad wonder

By Joe Kovac Jr., The Macon Telegraph; October 17, 2017 On a spring day 50 years ago, William Brosnan, the…

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Tourism, trade could grow with Western North Carolina railroad renaissance

Written by Cory Vaillancourt, Smoky Mountain News; September 27, 2017 Long before the Oct. 3, 1880, arrival of the first…

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