Ripple Labs Inc. today announced plans to acquire Rail, a Canadian startup that uses stablecoins to expedite international payments. The deal is worth $200 million, or nearly 20 times the amount of ...

Amtrak is debuting its NextGen Acela trains on Thursday, the company's next step in its goal of achieving high-speed rail. The new trains will slowly replace the current Acela equipment, increasing ...

It represents an unprecedented intrusion into local governance,” Central Valley mayors warned in a letter to rail officials.

With high-speed rail ambitions in California delayed by years and coming in at a higher-than-expected cost, Lou Thompson, who sat on the state's high-speed rail peer review group, said "failure is ...

A thriving rail industry is foundational for the U.S. economy. Since the 1800s, railroads have powered the U.S. by hauling grain, chemicals, vehicles, coal and all kinds of critical supplies that ...

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Trains are a popular theme in music - rock legends like Ozzy Osborne, Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and The Doobie Brothers, and artists in other genres like Cat ...