We're budgeting $400,000 to flip 5 train cars into Airbnbs. It all started with a 1970s caboose we bought on Facebook marketplace.

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Newly yellow painted Chessie Systems caboose
Nightly stays in a historic train caboose from the 1970s will be available soon..

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Biden's laws are pouring billions into new infrastructure, and it could be a rare opportunity to make communities safer and more sustainable

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Workers build California High-Speed Rail's Hanford Viaduct
Work continues in January on California's high-speed rail line in Hanford.

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A Gilded Age train station transformed into three cottages is on sale for less than $1 million. See inside.

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Old Depot Way was built in the late 1800s.
Old Depot Way was built in the late 1800s.

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I traveled to 4 European countries via train, and I made 3 major mistakes along the way

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woman taking selfie front of a train in europe.
The author boards an SBB train for Buchs, Switzerland, to transit on a Budapest-bound Railjet.

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More than 40 train cars got turned into apartments decades ago. Now 3 are for sale for just $125,000 — but there's a catch.

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The red exterior of a train-car condo.
The exterior of the train showing off one of the decks on the property.

Courtesy of Christopher Alexander.

How 1880s technology allowed Nellie Bly and her competitor to break the record for the fastest trip around the world

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Nellie Bly holds a hat and a bag and wears a long checked jacket and dark dress
Nellie Bly in her traveling dress and coat.

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International train passengers resorted to using trash cans as toilets while stuck in a 7-hour delay

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Eurostar
Eurostar trains are parked at the Temple Mills maintenance depot in London, England.

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A train repairman spent $1 million turning a 100-year-old coach into a cowboy-themed home — see inside

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The exterior of a blue train car with mountains in the background.
The exterior of the Pullman train car.

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Every single one of Amtrak's shiny new Acela trains has a manufacturing defect, audit says

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New Acela trains
The 28 new Acela trains will have nearly 25% more seats than their predecessor and operate at top speeds of 160 mph. The current fleet operates at top speeds of 150 mph.

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Republicans want to shred Amtrak funding as the railroad plans a historic Sunbelt and Western expansion

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Passengers board a train bound for Boston on the day before Thanksgiving at Union Station on November 24, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Passengers board a train bound for Boston on the day before Thanksgiving at Union Station on November 24, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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