Trains
There's More to Speed than Meets the Eye
High Speed Rail, Done Right, Is About Moving People Efficiently, Not Breaking Records
The State of Speed
The Fast Trains of the Future Are Already Here. They're Just Unevenly Distributed.
The National Museum of Railway Joy
Crocodiles, Elephants, and Other Beasts of Iron at Switzerland's Verkehershaus
The Future is Electric!
That's the story we're being sold. But not all electric transport is created equal.
The Penguincubator and the Railway Journey
The Express Co-Evolution of Books and Trains // As a child, I dreaded long drives in the family car. I was a bookish kid, but when I tried to read in the backseat of one of a long line of Volkswagens, I was gradually overtaken by a mounting nausea that
My British Railway Nightmare
The Trials of Trying to Buy a Ticket—Any Ticket—After 30 Years of Privatization
Riding the "Mail Rail"
An Excursion on the World's First Driverless Electric Underground Railway
A Euro-Style Rail Trip in North America
Quebec City to Montreal on Via Rail's High-Speed-Lite Train: A Review // I was invited to a book festival in Quebec City this month, and, when the organizers asked me how I wanted to get there from Montreal, I said: By train, bien sûr! The distance between
Hit the Road, Jacques
Save the Tracks Today, or Canadian Trains Won't Be Coming Back No More...
RIP to High Speed Rail in the UK
The Conservatives' Body Blow to Net Zero, and What that Means for Global Climate Optimism