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.
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.
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.
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.
