Turkish HSR launches at 256 km per hour

That’s 156 miles per hour. It’s fastet than any American train. though well short of European standards. Sabah files the report.

Prime Minister Erdoğan participated in the opening of the new high-speed train between Ankara and Eskişehir yesterday. The Ankara-Eskişehir high-speed train began official services yesterday, with an opening ride boarded by Prime Minister Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan

Filed under: International High Speed Rail

Beech Grove hiring

Today’s news in in the IndyStar.com.

The local facility, which employs about 500, will share $82 million in federal stimulus projects with another facility in Delaware in order to fulfill an order to rebuild or repair 68 stored or damaged passenger train cars.

The project could mean up to 125 new jobs for Amtrak here and in Delaware. In Beech Grove, the hiring has already begun.

This should mean that existing equipment can go in for extensive work,  the restoration of the Sunset east of New Orleans and making the entire Sunset route a daily train.

Filed under: Amtrak, Passenger Rail Transportatio Policy