May 1–7

•  Iran – The Iran
  Iran
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
  
  ian president Mohammad Khatami
  Mohammad Khatami
  Sayyid Mohammad Khātamī is an Iranian scholar, philosopher, Shiite theologian and Reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s...
  
   leads the ceremony inaugurating passenger rail service between Mashhad
  Mashhad
  Mashhad , is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world. It is also the only major Iranian city with an Arabic name. It is located east of Tehran, at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its...
  
   and Bafq
  Bafq
  Bafq is a city in and the capital of Bafq County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 30,867, in 7,919 families....
  
  , Iran
  Iran
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
  
  . http://www.payvand.com/news/05/may/1015.html
•  United States – Union Pacific Railroad
  Union Pacific Railroad
  The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....
  
  's transcontinental
  Transcontinental railroad
  A transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders. Such networks can be via the tracks of either a single railroad, or over those owned or controlled by multiple railway companies...
  
   mainline is blocked when a train derails in Galt, Illinois
  Galt, Illinois
  Galt is an unincorporated community in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. Galt is west of Sterling. Galt has a post office with ZIP code 61037....
  
   (about 50 miles / 80 km east of the Quad Cities
  Quad Cities
  The Quad Cities is a group of five cities straddling the Mississippi River on the Iowa–Illinois boundary. These cities, Davenport and Bettendorf and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline , are the center of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area, which, as of 2010, had an estimated population of...
  
  ), and destroys the 140 ft (42.6 m) bridge across Elkhorn Creek. http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/893gfjzq.asp http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=13497

•  New Zealand – A rail bridge collapsed on the Napier
  Napier, New Zealand
  Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...
  
   – Gisborne
  Gisborne, New Zealand
  -Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...
  
  , (New Zealand) line as 2 x DC Class locomotives hauling a 60 ton crane crosses. The crane fell into the Nuhaka River. There were no injuries. The bridge supports had been weakened by the marine mollusc teredo navalis (commonly known as shipworm). The presence of this worm is considered sporadic rather than endemic
  Endemic (ecology)
  Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...
  
  (usually, not occurring this far south). Authorities are to investigate whether the presence of the worms is a result of climate change. It has also triggered a change of policy in bridge examinations.

May 8–14

•  India – In the Biaora level crossing accident an oxcart
  Cart
  A cart is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people...
  
   is hit by an express train at Biaora
  Biaora
  Biaora is a city and a municipality in Rajgarh district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is one of the six divisions of rajgarh district.-Geography:...
  
   in Madhya Pradesh
  Madhya Pradesh
  Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
  
  , India, killing 8 people.

•  United States – A fire engulfs a railroad bridge in Kearney, New Jersey, on the heavily travelled Northeast Corridor
  Northeast Corridor
  The Northeast Corridor is a fully electrified railway line owned primarily by Amtrak serving the Northeast megalopolis of the United States from Boston in the north, via New York to Washington, D.C. in the south, with branches serving other cities...
  
  . http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--railbridgefire0512may12,0,7082652.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey

•  Canada – Former CEO of BNSF Railway
  BNSF Railway
  The BNSF Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is one of seven North American Class I railroads and the second largest freight railroad network in North America, second only to the Union Pacific Railroad, its primary...
  
  , Robert Krebs
  Robert Krebs
  Robert D. Krebs has headed three major United States railroads in succession, leading the Southern Pacific when it was acquired by Santa Fe Industries, rising to lead the resulting Santa Fe Pacific Corporation, and finally being chosen to head the new Burlington Northern Santa Fe when Santa Fe...
  
  , and former United States Federal Railroad Administration
  Federal Railroad Administration
  The Federal Railroad Administration is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation. The agency was created by the Department of Transportation Act of 1966...
  
   Administrator, Jolene Molitoris, both join the Board of Directors for Railpower Technologies
  RailPower Technologies
  Railpower Technologies Corp. is a subsidiary of R.J. Corman Railroad Group that builds environmentally friendly hybrid and genset yard locomotives, founded by Frank Donnelly and Gerard Koldyk...
  
  . http://www.railpower.com/dl/news/news_2005_05_13.pdf

May 15–21

•  Canada – Canadian National Railway
  Canadian National Railway
  The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
  
   and the Teamsters
  Teamsters
  The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of several local and regional locals of teamsters, the union now represents a diverse membership of blue-collar and professional workers in both the public and private sectors....
  
   reach an agreement just short of a deadline for a strike that would have shut down GO Transit
  GO Transit
  GO Transit is an inter-regional public transit system in Southern Ontario, Canada. It primarily serves the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area conurbation, with operations extending to several communities beyond the GTHA proper in the Greater Golden Horseshoe...
  
  . http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050518.wrail0518/BNStory/National/

•  United States – BNSF Railway
  BNSF Railway
  The BNSF Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is one of seven North American Class I railroads and the second largest freight railroad network in North America, second only to the Union Pacific Railroad, its primary...
  
   takes delivery of its first diesel locomotive
  Diesel locomotive
  A diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine, a reciprocating engine operating on the Diesel cycle as invented by Dr. Rudolf Diesel...
  
  s with built-in video cameras and microphones to record grade crossing incidents; BNSF intends to mount cameras in all lead-qualified locomotives by December 2005. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050518/daw059.html?.v=6
•  Japan – JR West adviser Masataka Ide announces that he will resign at the company's annual shareholder meeting in June 2005 to take responsibility for the Amagasaki rail crash
  Amagasaki rail crash
  The Amagasaki rail crash occurred on 25 April 2005 at 09:19 local time , just after the local rush hour. The Rapid Service came off the tracks on the West Japan Railway Company Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, near Osaka, just before Amagasaki Station on its way for Dōshisha-mae...
  
  ; the chairman and president will also resign later in August. http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/931bhcvj.asp
•  United States – Fire causes an estimated US$30,000 in damages to a bridge on Union Pacific Railroad
  Union Pacific Railroad
  The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....
  
  's Nogales Subdivision south of Tucson, Arizona
  Tucson, Arizona
  Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
  
  . Investigators believe the cause to be arson
  Arson
  Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires...
  
  . http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/934itngb.asp http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0520bridgeburned-ON.html

•  Indonesia – A fully loaded passenger train collides with a stopped freight train in Lampung
  Lampung
  Lampung is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra and borders the provinces of Bengkulu and South Sumatra. Lampung is the original home of the Lampung people, who speak a distinct language from other people in Sumatra and have their own alphabet. Its...
  
  , Indonesia
  Indonesia
  Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
  
  ; initial reports indicate at least seven fatalities and hundreds more injured. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=126&art_id=qw11165103014B253
•  Mainland China – Bombardier
  Bombardier Transportation
  Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Canadian firm, Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Transportation is one of the world's largest companies in the rail-equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its headquarters are in Berlin, Germany....
  
   is awarded a contract to build a new automated people mover
  People mover
  A people mover or automated people mover is a fully automated, grade-separated mass transit system.The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks, but is sometimes applied to considerably more complex automated...
  
   system for Beijing Capital International Airport
  Beijing Capital International Airport
  Beijing Capital International Airport, is the main international airport serving Beijing, China. It is located northeast of Beijing's city center in an enclave of Chaoyang District that is surrounded by rural Shunyi District. The airport is owned and operated by the Beijing Capital...
  
   in China. On completion, the system will be Bombardier's first system in China. The contract is valued at nearly US$89 million. http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/chinese-wins-for-bombardier-560.html http://www.bombardier.com/en/1_0/pressleft.jsp?group=1_0&lan=en&action=view&mode=list&year=null&id=2816&sCateg=1_0

•  United States Sumitomo and Nippon Sharyo
  Nippon Sharyo
  , , formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its name to "日本車両" Nippon Sharyō. Its shortest abbreviation is Nissha "日車". It was a listed company on Nikkei 225 until 2004. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange...
  
   are awarded a contract to build eleven new bilevel passenger cars for Virginia Railway Express
  Virginia Railway Express
  The Virginia Railway Express is a regional/ commuter rail service that connects the Northern Virginia suburbs to Union Station in Washington, D.C., via two lines: the Fredericksburg Line from Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the Manassas Line from Broad Run/Airport station in Bristow,...
  
  ; the contract is valued at US$109 million, and the new cars are expected to be delivered in 2006 and 2007. http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/941lbkzt.asp

May 22–28

•  Mainland China – Twelve Chinese railroad workers are rescued after being trapped in a collapsed tunnel
  Tunnel
  A tunnel is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for egress, commonly at each end.A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. Some tunnels are aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations or are sewers...
  
   for six days. Rescuers were able to transfer milk
  Milk
  Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...
  
   and oxygen
  Oxygen
  Oxygen is the element with atomic number 8 and represented by the symbol O. Its name derives from the Greek roots ὀξύς and -γενής , because at the time of naming, it was mistakenly thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition...
  
   to the trapped workers through a ventilation tube until the collapse was penetrated. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/23/content_444933.htm http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=3377901
•  United States – Chicago's Metra
  Metra
  Metra is the commuter rail division of the Illinois Regional Transportation Authority. The system serves Chicago and its metropolitan area through 240 stations on 11 different rail lines. Throughout the 21st century, Metra has been the second busiest commuter rail system in the United States by...
  
   unveils the first new bilevel electric coach
  Coach (vehicle)
  A coach is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries...
  
  es in a US$76.5 million order to completely re-equip the railroad's former Illinois Central electric lines. The new cars are the first on the electric division to include toilet
  Toilet
  A toilet is a sanitation fixture used primarily for the disposal of human excrement, often found in a small room referred to as a toilet/bathroom/lavatory...
  
  s. http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/939cygop.asp

•  United States – Railpower Technologies
  RailPower Technologies
  Railpower Technologies Corp. is a subsidiary of R.J. Corman Railroad Group that builds environmentally friendly hybrid and genset yard locomotives, founded by Frank Donnelly and Gerard Koldyk...
  
   announces that an as-yet unnamed United States Class I railroad
  Class I railroad
  A Class I railroad in the United States and Mexico, or a Class I rail carrier in Canada, is a large freight railroad company, as classified based on operating revenue.Smaller railroads are classified as Class II and Class III...
  
   has placed a firm order for ten Green Goat hybrid locomotive
  Hybrid locomotive
  A hybrid train is a locomotive, railcar or train that uses an onboard rechargeable energy storage system , placed between the power source and the traction transmission system connected to the wheels....
  
  s. The locomotives will be manufactured at plants in Calgary, Alberta, Boise, Idaho
  Boise, Idaho
  Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...
  
  , and Longview, Texas
  Longview, Texas
  Longview is a city in Gregg and Harrison Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 80,455. Most of the city is located in Gregg County, of which it is the county seat; only a small part extends into the western part of neighboring Harrison County. It is...
  
  . http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2005/24/c2576.html
•  Early Modern France  Germany – SNCF
  SNCF
  The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
  
   announces that a new high speed train
  High Speed Train
  There are three types of trains in Britain that have been traditionally viewed as high speed trains:* Advanced Passenger Train - Tilting trains which never entered into regular revenue-earning service....
  
   connection between Paris and Frankfurt
  Frankfurt
  Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
  
   will be built; it is expected to open in 2007, with ridership estimates as high as 1.5 million per year. http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/941lbkzt.asp
•  United States – Norfolk Southern receives the TRANSCAER National Achievement Award for 2004. TRANSCAER is an acronym for Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response, an organization promoting emergency preparedness among first responders and communities about accidents involving hazardous materials releases. http://www.nscorp.com/nscorp/application;JSESSIONID_nscorp=CWtawaarQug0t9xnQ1UcIblLKUtdcKEghLcz4L6tbWAqi8II10ry!529891091?origin=content.jsp&event=bea.portal.framework.internal.refresh&pageid=NS+News&contentId=english/nscorp/news/whats_new/whats_new/news052405.html

•  United States Amtrak
  Amtrak
  The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
  
   announces that it will open a new passenger train stop on the California-funded Capitol Corridor
  Capitol Corridor
  The Capitol Corridor is a 168-mile passenger train route operated by Amtrak in California. Because it is fully supported by the state, the Capitol Corridor operates under Amtrak California. It runs from the San Francisco Bay Area to Sacramento, roughly parallel to Interstate 80...
  
   trains in Oakland
  Oakland, California
  Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
  
   on June 6; the new station is at the Oakland Coliseum and adjacent to the local BART
  Bay Area Rapid Transit
  Bay Area Rapid Transit is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The heavy-rail public transit and subway system connects San Francisco with cities in the East Bay and suburbs in northern San Mateo County. BART operates five lines on of track with 44 stations in four counties...
  
   stop. http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/945qkvtk.asp
•  United Kingdom – The Martello, Shakespeare and Abbotscliffe railway tunnel
  Tunnel
  A tunnel is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for egress, commonly at each end.A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. Some tunnels are aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations or are sewers...
  
  s in Kent
  Kent
  Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
  
  , England, close after 160 years of continuous service for renovation work estimated at £
  Pound sterling
  The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
  
  10 million; the work is expected to take four months to complete. http://railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/tunnel-vision-for-kent-510.html

•  United States – Genesee and Wyoming (G&W) announce that they have agreed to purchase the railroad operations of Rail Management Corporation
  Rail Management Corporation
  Rail Management Corporation , based in Panama City Beach, Florida, was a holding company of short line railroads in the southeastern United States.- History :...
  
   (RMC). G&W will pay US$243 million in cash and assume $1.7 million in company debt to gain control of 14 short line railroads from RMC across the southeastern United States, as of June 1, 2005. G&W already controls 24 other railroads in North America, South America and Australia. http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/005/949ntchy.asp http://www.gwrr.com/features/gwi_aquisition05262005.html

•  Canada – Canadian Pacific Railway
  Canadian Pacific Railway
  The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
  
   commemorates the contributions of Chinese railroad workers who helped build the railroad by renaming an interchange in Kamloops, British Columbia
  British Columbia
  British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
  
  , after one such worker, Cheng Ging Butt. The interchange, just east of the station in Kamloops is officially named Cheng Interchange. http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/Media/News/General/2005/CPR+names+Kamloops+interchange+in+honour+of+Chinese+rail+worker.htm
•  United States – Alaska Railroad
  Alaska Railroad
  The Alaska Railroad is a Class II railroad which extends from Seward and Whittier, in the south of the state of Alaska, in the United States, to Fairbanks , and beyond to Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Wainwright in the interior of that state...
  
   is awarded a US$24.8 million federal grant to replace aging ties and bridges along the railroad's mainline, install new track
  Rail tracks
  The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers and ballast , plus the underlying subgrade...
  
   at a new intermodal
  Intermodal freight transport
  Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation , without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes. The method reduces cargo handling, and so improves security, reduces damages and...
  
   facility in Fairbanks
  Fairbanks, Alaska
  Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...
  
   and upgrade about 30 miles (48.2 km) of track from jointed to continuous welded rail. The railroad received a second grant of $14 million to fund preliminary engineering and environmental studies on an 80 mile (128.7 km) extension to Eielson Air Force Base
  Eielson Air Force Base
  Eielson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska and just southeast of Moose Creek, Alaska....
  
   near North Pole, Alaska
  North Pole, Alaska
  North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska metropolitan statistical area. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated its population as of July 1, 2009 at 2,226. The name "North Pole" is often applied to the entire area covered...
  
  . http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/press-releases/62

May 29–31

•  Iraq  Iran – Iraq
  Iraq
  Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
  
  i State Television reports that a new railroad connection between Iran
  Iran
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
  
   and Iraq will be built. The railroad is planned to connect Khorramshahr
  Khorramshahr
  Khorramshahr is a city in and the capital of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 123,866, in 26,385 families.Khorramshahr is a port city located approximately north of Abadan...
  
  , Iran, to Basra
  Basra
  Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...
  
  , Iraq, and another connection is planned for a route between Kermanshah
  Kermanshah
  Kermanshah is a city in and the capital of Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 784,602, in 198,117 families.The overwhelming majority of Kermanshahi people are Shi'a Muslims...
  
  , Iran, and the Iraqi province of Diala
  Diala
  Diala is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dialidae.-Species:Species within the genus Diala include:* Diala albugo * Diala goniochila Diala is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dialidae.-Species:Species within the genus Diala include:* Diala...
  
  . Transportation officials hope eventually to connect to Turkey
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
   and Syria
  Syria
  Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
  
  . http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0505301394220945.htm

•  Germany  Mainland China – Bombardier
  Bombardier Transportation
  Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Canadian firm, Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Transportation is one of the world's largest companies in the rail-equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its headquarters are in Berlin, Germany....
  
   announces that it was awarded contracts to build 78 new double decker coaches and nine electric locomotive
  Electric locomotive
  An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or an on-board energy storage device...
  
  s for Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen (LNVG) in Germany as well as 20 new eight-car high speed train
  High Speed Train
  There are three types of trains in Britain that have been traditionally viewed as high speed trains:* Advanced Passenger Train - Tilting trains which never entered into regular revenue-earning service....
  
   sets for China (in addition to the 20 already on order). The new equipment for both orders will be delivered between May 2006 and December 2007. http://www.bombardier.com/index.jsp?id=0_0&lang=en&file=/en/0_0/pressrelease.jsp%3Fgroup%3D0_0%26lan%3Den%26action%3Dview%26id%3D2822%26sCateg%3D1_0 http://www.bombardier.com/index.jsp?id=0_0&lang=en&file=/en/0_0/pressrelease.jsp%3Fgroup%3D0_0%26lan%3Den%26action%3Dview%26id%3D2823%26sCateg%3D1_0

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Associated Press references

• (May 20, 2005), Arson damages railroad bridge. Retrieved May 22, 2005.
• (May 12, 2005), Bridge fire disrupts NE Corridor rail service. Retrieved May 16, 2005.
• (May 4, 2005), Investigators look for cause of Illinois derailment. Retrieved May 5, 2005.

Trains News Wire references

• (May 25, 2005), Amtrak to open new Oakland stop in California. Retrieved May 26, 2005.
• (May 26, 2005), G&W to acquire Rail Management Corp. rail operations. Retrieved May 27, 2005.
• (May 4, 2005), Illinois derailment closes UP Overland Route main line. Retrieved May 5, 2005.
• (May 18, 2005), Japanese executives to resign over commuter-train derailment. Retrieved May 19, 2005.
• (May 23, 2005), Metra unveils new electric passenger cars; agrees to on-board bicycles. Retrieved May 24, 2005.
• (May 24, 2005), New high-speed line to link France and Germany. Retrieved May 25, 2005.
• (May 20, 2005), Railroad trestle burns in Arizona. Retrieved May 22, 2005.
• (May 24, 2005), Sumitomo gets contract for VRE passenger cars. Retrieved May 25, 2005.