Elon Musk Proposes Privatizing Amtrak, Calling Rail Service ‘Sad’
Almost since Amtrak’s creation in 1971, the 21,000-mile U.S. intercity passenger rail service has been fighting calls that it should be privatized. Now it may have met one of its…
A Scenic California Rail Line Sits on an Eroding Cliff. Where Should the Tracks Go?
Perched atop craggy bluffs in a beachside city north of San Diego, a railroad line offers passengers a sweeping view of the Pacific Coast. But the ground beneath it is…
15 Hindu Pilgrims Reported Dead in Stampede at New Delhi Rail Station
Fifteen people died in a stampede on Saturday at New Delhi’s main railway station as a crush of pilgrims were trying to make their way to a huge Hindu festival…