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There was a time, not all that long ago, when we imagined most of our life would be spent living in a beautiful train, airplane or space shuttle that was finished with only the most elegant and extravagant furniture and gadgets, and from which we would run our global resistance movement while evading the evil [...]

We used to dream of taking a summer off, buying an old Volkswagen van, giving it a totally rad paint job and cruising around the continent for a few months. As you might imagine, that particular dream never came to pass – the closest we ever got to driving a VW van was when a [...]

Trains evoke all kinds of nostalgic memories of trips through Europe and Alfred Hitchcock movies, but as America supposedly suits up for the era of high-speed rail (great idea, but you’ll forgive us for doubting that it will ever actually happen), it’s probably about time we got our train knowledge in order.
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Though all the news and listicles of late has been about green transportation alternatives, high-speed trains and fuel-efficient cars, there remains something to be said for a big-budget collision between gas- or diesel-guzzling behemoths. No, we’re not talking about NASCAR, but about movie car crashes, whose alternations between realism, excess and stylizing often make for [...]

The slow, painful death of the airline industry spells great things for rail networks everywhere (even the one just proposed in California). No better time, then, to follow the green transporters at TreeHugger on a tour of the latest innovations in high-speed trains. So throw away that frequent flyer card, and get a glimpse of [...]