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The 10 fastest diesel locomotives

Here we round up the 10 fastest diesel locomotives ever.
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High-speed rail moves millions throughout the world every day – but in the US, high cost and low use make its future bumpy

High-speed rail systems are found all over the globe. Japan’s bullet train began operating in 1964. China will have 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) of high-speed track by the end of 2025. The fastest ...

Italy’s state rail owner gatecrashes Virgin’s rival Eurostar service

Italy’s state-owned railway has gatecrashed Virgin’s bid to run a rival Eurostar service after revealing plans to operate ...

Italian rail group moves forward with challenge to Virgin’s rival Eurostar service

The move rivals Virgin’s plans to challenge Eurostar ’s decades-long monopoly after the UK rail regulator awarded Sir Richard ...

Huge £668bn high-speed rail network that’s the world’s longest passes major milestone

China's ambassador to the United States, Xie Feng, said on X: "A new milestone: China's high-speed rail mileage has topped 50 ...
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France’s new high-speed train design has Americans asking: Why can’t we have that?

Last month, France’s national railway operator released a glimpse of the designs for its upcoming fifth-generation high-speed train, the TGV Inoui. (TGV stands for train à grande vitesse, or “train of ...
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Railway 200: Energy, speed and resilience

Dr James Fowler, Lecturer at University of Essex, examines how our railways survived and transformed. Today, it is easy to ...