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Caboose

Although not often seen on the rails today, cabooses are perhaps one of the most recognizable cars.

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California High-Speed Rail Authority

The California High-Speed Rail project, managed by the California High-Speed Rail Authority, is designed to connect major urban areas across California, significantly reducing intercity travel times.

Casey Jones Wreck

In the early morning of April 30, 1900, John Luther “Casey” Jones, filling in for a sick engineer, sat behind the throttle of engine No. 382, pulling the Cannonball Express.

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Chestatee

Baldwin Locomotive Works built the Chesatee locomotive for the Western & Atlantic Railroad in 1855.

Colonial Gauge

The three-foot, six-inch rail gauge likely originated for horse-drawn wagonways. It is called the Colonial Gauge in New Zealand, the Cape Gauge in South Africa, the Blekinge Gauge in Sweden, and kyōki in Japan.

CQ310

The Franco-Belgian engineering firm Société Franco-Belge built the CQ310 rail cars for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.

CQ311

Hitachi built 120 CQ311 rail cars for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority between 1982 and 1985.

CQ312

AnsaldoBreda built 100 CQ312 for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority between 1998 and 2000.

CQ400

MARTA will replace its heavy rail fleet over the next several years with 224 railcars (56 four-car train sets) purchased from Stadler in 2019 for $646 million.