Maryland is now one of two East Coast government agencies that’s willing to let Elon Musk dig beneath the earth in hopes of building a vacuum-like, tube-based transportation system.
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D.C. grants permit for Musk to dig for his Washington-Baltimore ‘Hyperloop’ tunnel
Maryland Receives $7.5 Million Federal Grant to Build a New MARC Station at Camden Yards
Maryland is $7.5 million closer to building a new MARC train station at Camden Yards to replace the “temporary” one that opened in 1992.
Domino Sugar Refinery Seeks Help Naming Repainted Train Engine
An old, but reliable Plymouth train engine at the Domino Sugar Refinery has a shiny new paint job, and the company is offering a sweet reward to the person who gives it a good, fitting name.
MARC Trains May Move Into Delaware
Maryland’s commuter train already crosses boundaries into D.C. Soon, the MARC could be heading north into Delaware.
Amtrak Train Derails Between DC and Philadelphia (UPDATED)
Last night, a northbound Amtrak train traveling north from DC — otherwise known as the train that you probably take all the time if you’re traveling from Baltimore to New York or Philly or points north — derailed outside of Philadelphia in what’s being called the worst rail disaster in the Northeast corridor in years.
SRB Plans to Replace Blight with Green… Kind Of
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has made it clear that the city’s vacant houses, overgrown yards, and other signs of urban blight are unacceptable and need to be dealt with right away. Well, sort of.
Maglev’s Moment? Campaign for High-Speed Train from Baltimore-DC Picks up Steam
The backers of a train that would ping commuters from D.C. to Baltimore in a mere 15 minutes already floated their plans in Baltimore earlier this fall. This week, the bullet train boosters showed the national business media types the train in Japan. But given the hard realities of building such a massive project, are we all being taken for a ride?
