Migrant Crisis Impacts Mexico’s Train Routes
The Mexican railway giant chose to stop service on 60 of its freight train routes due to reported injuries and deaths sustained by migrants who attempting to board its train carriages
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Tren Maya Slated to Be Ready by End of 2023
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Tren Maya, spearheaded by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), will reportedly begin operation in December of 2023, said National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur) Director Rogelio Jiménez Pons. At his press conference on the morning of Wednesday, June 9, AMLO signed a contract with the Bombardier-Alstom consortium for the construction of 42 carriages
Read moreTaking the Rail Runner Express with the Harvey Girls
By RICH GRANT You can say one thing about the Rail Runner Express: No other train sounds like it. This unusual 96-mile-long railroad runs only between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. The trains are sleek-looking silver diesel engines with comfortable double-decker cars. There is a bright red roadrunner (New Mexico’s state bird) painted on the side and the cars
Read moreHow Walt Disney’s Love of Trains Changed the World
By RICH GRANT Walt Disney loved trains, and because of that, the world is a better – and happier — place. Walt was fond of saying that his empire “started with a mouse.” And yes, his creation of Mickey Mouse did make him a fortune. But the idea for Mickey Mouse came to him while riding a train. It’s
Read moreThe Great Locomotive Chase
By RICH GRANT … The Great Locomotive Chase was a 120-mile journey from Atlanta to Chattanooga, tracing the Civil War’s greatest adventure…
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