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Amtrak at Thirty-Five: The Events, The Decisions, The Legacies

NewsReleaseWire.com, 31 April 2006

New Mexico: Scenic railroad to begin season

By Mary Dearen, Midland Reporter-Telegram, 30 April 2006

Ranting about rail: People rediscover trains -- with all their Amtrak warts

By Tim Holt, San Francisco Examiner, 30 April 2006

Canada: All aboard for Rocky Mountaineer

By By Alain Saffel, Quesnel Cariboo Observer, 30 April 2006

Amtrak Glance: History and Facts

Associated Press, Kentucky.com, 28 April 2006

New York: A new design for an arched Penn Station

By David W. Dunlap, The nytimes.com, UTU News, 28 April 2006

Toronto subway patrons offered a digital chuckle

Edmonton Journal, 28 April 2006

Shanghal: Witness the power of this fully operational Maglev

Shanghalst, 28 April 2006

India: Government approves Bangalore Metro Rail project

The Hindu, 27 April 2006

Tokyo train station gets facial scan payment systems

By Ryan Block, Engadget, 27 April 2006

Beijing closes railway station for major reconstruction project

East Day, 27 April 2006

New York City: Roosevelt Tram operators face tough questions

Eyewitness News, ABC 7, 27 April 2006

Shanghai to cut cost of new maglev line

China View, 27 April 2006

Miamians have a desire named streetcar

By Deserae del Campo, Miami Today, 27 April 2006

Miami-Dade pays to 'exercise' unused train

By Steve Harrison, Miami Herald, UTU News, 26 April 2006

Subway Vibration Might Hurt Birds

China Daily, 26 April 2006

Queensland: Nambour set to have first light rail system

Sunshine Coast Daily, 26 April 2006

China duals railway to biggest Russian border crossing

People's Daily Online, 25 April 2006

Kazakhstan to build railway linked with China-Europe corridor

ZeeNews.com, 25 April 2006

Monorail lines nothing special

Byu Julian Wolinsky, 25 April 2006

Brazil: Women-only subway cars get bumpy test drive in Rio

Political Gateway, 25 April 2006

New York: Graffiti back in subways, indelibly this time

By Thomas J. Lueck, The nytimes.com, UTU News, 25 April 2006

Trekking across Australia via train

By Julienne Ferris, Huron Daily Tribune, 24 April 2006

India plans rail links to Bhutan, Burma, possibly to Iran

Media Release, India Daily, 24 April 2006

Mobile TV coming to Korea Train Express

By Ben Tanner, DMeurope.com, 24 April 2006

Chicago: South Shore trains feeling the strain

By Jon Hilkevitch, Chicago Tribune, UTU News, 24 April 2006

UK: Stratford International ready to join Europe

Railway People, 24 April 2006

Amtrak: Cutbacks take train dining off-track

By David Mannweiler, Indianapolis Star, 24 April 2006

New York City: Don't rush robot train onto tracks, MTA urged
New York Daily News, UTU News, 24 April 2006

Orient Express: Hedonists in training

By Ian Mackenzie, The Advertiser, 22 April 2006

UK: Ticket to ride roughshod over passengers

guardian.co.uk, 22 April 2006

Canada: Mountaineer's new whistlestop

By James Shrimpton, The Advertiser, 22 April 2006

USA: Tickets hot for Portland-Boston passenger train

WCAX-TV3 News, 20 April 2006

China opens railway station design market

China Daily, 20 April 2006

Scotland: GNER voices fears over lack of high-speed London link

By Alan Roden, Evening News, Scotsman, 20 April 2006

Excursion train brings important dollars to Georgia towns

By Wayne Crenshaw, Macon Telegraph, 21 April 2006

Miller launching train tour to promote Lite

Business Journal of Milwaukee, 21 April 2006

New Zealand: Rail tourist trains for sale

Radio New Zealand, 20 April 2006

News Book Looks At Japan's Revered Bullet Train

Antara News, 20 April 2006

Buy Now from Amazon.com: Shinkansen - From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan

Canada: VIA Mountaineer beef up tourism rail service

Vancouver Sun, 20 April 2006

UK, Cathedrals Express: Be swept away on a steam train

Enfield Independent, 18 April 2006

VIA Rail Canada Adds Cars, Improves Reliability of Western Canada Services

CNW Telbec, 18 April 2006

India:Modern stations to make rail travel memorable

NewKeraja.com, 17 April 2006

N.Y. commuters race to beat the clock

By Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, UTU News, 17 April 2006

Empire Builder offers 2,000-mile history lesson

utu.org, 17 April 2006

Seattle: Sound Transit light-rail line will extend to airport after all

News Tribune, 15 April 2006

Tokyo's unmanned transit system suspended due to train car trouble

Japan Economic Newswire , Thomson Dialog NewsEdge, TMCnet, 14 April 2006

Japan to build 'world's first' fuel cell-powered train

Mainichi Daily News, 14 April 2006

Japan to test fuel cell-powered train

Associated Press, CTV, 14 April 2006

New Orleans-to-Baton Rouge Amtrak route eyed

Associated Pres, UTU News, 12 April 2006

Plan for L.A.-Palm Springs train service gathers steam

By Erica Solvig, The Desert Sun, 12 April 2006

Australia: Ghan brings tourists back to Katherine

ABC News, 11 April 2006

Dream trip: Inca ruins of Machu Picchu

By Laura MacNeil, Budget Travel, CNN International, 11 April 2006

Removeable feast: The last steak on Amtrak

By Raymond Sokolov, The Wall Street Journal, UTU News, 11 April 2006

San Francisco Bay Area: Browsing the Net on the rails

By Jessie Seyfer, San Jose Mercury News, UTU News, 11 April 2006

Amtrak: California commuter train ridership booming

The Argus, UTU News, 10 April 2006

Niles Canyon Railway: Hundreds hop new California passenger train

The Argus, UTU News, 10 April 2006

House panel: Tie Amtrak funding to performance

By Michael Milligan, Travel Weekly, 10 April 2006

American Orient Express takes on GrandLuxe Rail Journeys name

Travel Weekly, 19 April 2006

Canada: Train takes sightseers in classic comfort through Quebec Eastern Townships

By Rochelle Lash, For CanWest News Service, The Montreal Gazette, 08 April 2006

Survival tips for rookie rail travellers

By Pam Blackstone, CanWest News Service, Calgary Herald, 08 April 2006

East Japan Railway Company to Test World's First Fuel Cell-Powered Train

TMCnet, 08 April 2006

Japan Holds Fastest Train In The World

Digital Lifestyle, 07 April 2006

China outlines passenger railway network connecting main cities

www.chinaview.cn, 07 April 2006

Iran: Ten passenger train carriages join nation's rail network each month: Minister

MNA, mehrnews.ir, 07 April 2006

Edmonton to Mexico City by rail -- one man's dream

By Gordon Kent, The Edmonton Journal, 07 April 2006

Japan: Fuel-cell train to follow maglev

Digital World Tokyo, 06 April 2006

India: Oberoi group proposes to run luxury train

Newkerala.com, 06 April 2006

UK: Flying Scotsman Story Opens At National Railway Museum

By Graham Spicer, 24 Hour Museum, 05 April 2006

Japan unveils new bullet train

AFP News Service, UTU News, 05 April 2006

Maryland: New train cars at B&O museum ready to ride

By Joe Palazzolo, Baltimore Sun, UTU News, 03 April 2006

London: Touring train marks new franchise

bbc.co.uk, 03 April 2006

UK: Rail firm offers more �1 routes

bbc.co.uk, 03 April 2006

UK: Scanners to be used at all rail stations

By James Tapsfield, independent.co.uk, 03 April 2006

USA: Empire Builder offers close-up of America

By Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, UTU News, 03 April 2006

UK: Central Trains franchise extended

bbc.co.uk, 02 April 2006

London: No charge for under-11s on Tube

bbc.co.uk, 02 April 2006

Quebec: Orford Express offers leisurely jaunt

By Rochelle Lash, The Gazette, 01 April 2006

Algeria to upgrade its railways

Independent Online, 01 April 2006

On board Colombia's last passenger train to tranquil Zipaquira

By Hugh O'Shaughnessy, independent.co.uk,'01 April 2006

Australia: On the Kangaroo Trail

By John Lee, The Ottawa Citizen, 01 April 2006

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