Donohue Railroad

04/09/2015

the train

the train.
i don't have to be
on it.
i hear it
and it takes me
to a new place.
we go together.
Lidia Milaya

01/28/2015

01/21/2015

Today’s bullet trains can top 300 mph.
When Englishman Richard Trevithick launched the first practical steam locomotive in 1804, it averaged less than 10 mph. Today, several high-speed rail lines are regularly travelling 30 times as fast. When Japan’s first Shinkansen or “bullet trains,” opened to coincide with the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, they were capable of running at speeds in excess of 130 mph. In the 40 years since, the top speed of these trains has been steadily climbing, with a current world speed record of 361 mph. Japan is no longer alone in the high-speed rail department however: France, China and Germany all operate trains capable of similar extreme speeds, and the plans are currently underway in the United States to construct a high-speed rail line connecting the California cities of San Francisco and Anaheim.

01/11/2015

Steam locomotive 520 at RR museum of PA

11/22/2014