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• Utah agency places $277M light-rail car order
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Transit Authority is placing its largest order of light-rail cars. Siemens Transportation Systems will supply 77 rail cars for $277 million. The Germany-based company builds the cars in Sacramento, Calif. The order will add ...
• Dry Barcelona forced to ship in water
Last year sink holes delayed construction of a high-speed rail line from Madrid to Barcelona, and other engineering problems with it shut down commuter rail lines for days.
• Money-saving Memorial Day travel options
And since you’ll end up in a city where you can walk everywhere and spend cash on cab rides rather than parking tickets, rail may be the way to go here.
• Big Brown delivers for UPS workers
Linda Zeller, with a Big Brown picture taped to her back, leaned on the rail surrounding the paddock while watching the race on the Jumbotron then jumped in the air when he crossed the finish line.
• Asheville, N.C.: Blue Ridge beauty
Enjoy a quick spin on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Really, is there any drive, anywhere that’s as sublime, as stately, as gosh-darn gorgeous, with its ever changing panorama of split rail fences, vintage farmhouses, sun speckled woods and dusky cerulean ...

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