News & Press Clips

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Current

Publisher's announcement:
Railroaders without Borders--A History of the Railroad Development Corporation by Prof. H. Roger Grant is now available for purchase at Indiana University Press and other book store outlets.

2017

• RDC partners with Juno Films for national theatrical release of "Train of Salt and Sugar"
  2-Aug-2017  \   PDF 217k
  
  

• Dr. Markus Hunkel appointed sole managing director of RDC-D
  2-Jun-2017  \   PDF 128k
  
  

• RDC Celebrates 30th Anniversary
  17-Feb-2017  \  PDF 1.4 MB
  
  

  2016

• Press Release:  AUTOZUG Sylt expands service to 7 days/week
  9-Dec-2016  \  PDF 1.2MB
  
  AUTOZUG Sylt Winter 2016 Flyer (German)  \  PDF 2.9MB
  
  

• Press Release:  AUTOZUG Sylt expands timetable
  22-Nov-2016  \  PDF 127k
  
  

• Ein Amerikaner auf Sylt - RDC traut sich aufs Gleis (German)
  19-Oct-2016   \   Sylter Rundschau  \  PDF 1.6MB
  
  

• AUTOZUG Sylt car-carrying service launched
  18-Oct-2016  \  Railway Gazette International  \  PDF 318k
  
  

• Bahn Competitor: first RDC car train departs Sylt
  18-Oct-2016  \  Schleswig-Holstein Magazine  \   PDF 112k
  
  

• Press Release:  AUTOZUG Sylt completes maiden voyage
  18-Oct-2016  \  PDF 698k
  
  

• Press Release:  RDC Deutschland to start operating the AUTOZUG Sylt with passengers
  11-Oct-2016  \  PDF 657k
  
  

• Experimental Midlands train is 35-year-old District line relic
  28-Sep-2016  \  Financial Times  \  PDF 429k
  
  VIDEO:  New Life for Old Trains  (47MB / 3:31)
  
  

• Hamburg-Köln-Express pulls out of Frankfurt
  27-Jul-2016  \  International Railway Journal  \  PDF 371k
  
  

• RDC seeks diverse opportunities in European market
  May 2016  \  International Railway Journal  \  PDF 589k
  
  

• Press Release:  FCCA celebrates Conrail's 40th Anniversary with "Tribute" locomotive named in honor of Jim Hagen
  1-Apr-2016   \   PDF 652k
  
  

• Press Release:  Leadership additions and new structure for Germany subsidiary effective April 1, 2016
  30-Mar-2016   \   PDF 504k
  

• Henry Posner:  the American frightening Deutsche Bahn
  26-Mar-2016  \  Schleswig-Holstein Magazine  \   PDF 644k
  
  
  Related video interview:  Who's afraid of Henry Posner?
  26-Mar-2016 \  NDR.de  \  20MB  (4:33)
  
  

2015

• Peru's Peak Performer: High hopes for Peru's Andean railway
  Dec. 2015  \  International Railway Journal  \  PDF 3.8 MB
  
  

• HKX launches Hamburg-Frankfurt services
  16-Dec-2015  \  International Railway Journal  \  PDF 327k
  
  

• Press Release:  HKX successfully launches on-line extension to Frankfurt/Main
  14-Dec-2015  \  PDF 534k
  
  

• Riding the Rails: RDC Chairman celebrates his love of all things trains
  3-Dec-2015   \   The Jewish Chronicle  \  PDF 596k
  
  

• Henry Posner III:  Railroad man without borders
  20-Nov-2015  \  Pittsburgh Business Times  \  PDF 1.0 MB
  
  

• Press Release: Especially customer-friendly -- HKX receives 2015 Rail Transport Award
  2-Oct-2015  \  PDF 580k
  

• Class 230 confounds cynics
  Oct. 2015   \  Modern Railways  \  PDF 11.8 MB
  

• (Adrian) Shooter misses foot
  Oct. 2015   \  Modern Railways  \  PDF 3.8 MB
  

• Vivarail's D-Train on track
  Sep. 2015  \  Railway Gazette International  \  PDF 1.5 MB
  
  

• Upcycled London Underground trains could be back at work on the railways
  25-Aug-2015  \  Management Today (UK)  \  PDF 834k
  

• Underground/Overground - metro trains for the main line
  May 2015  \  International Railway Journal  \  PDF 2.2 MB
  

• UK Rolling Stock:  Vivarail explores low-cost DMU conversion
  May 2015  \  Railway Gazette International  \  PDF 1.9 MB
  

• D-Train crash test
  12-May-2015  \  Railway Gazette International  \  PDF 441k
  

• Viva Vivarail's D-train transformation!
  14-Apr-2015   \  RAIL771  \  PDF 3.6 MB
  

• RDC plans auto train service, drops plans for long distance trains to Berlin
  20-Feb-2015   \   TRAINS News Wire   \   PDF 347k
  

• "Look North" Video RE: Vivarail
  19-Feb-2015   \   BBC News   \   18 MB (4:41)
  

• Lack of train paths thwarts HKX expansion plans
  17-Feb-2015   \   International Railway Journal   \   PDF 204k
  

• RDC withdraws Bonn-Berlin inter-city proposal
  11-Feb-2015   \   Railway Gazette International  \  PDF 411k
  

• Press Release:  Integration of HKX with DB tickets
  28-Jan-2015   \   PDF 555k   \   German  (PDF 68k)
  

• News Release:  RDC invests in Eurorail
  12-Jan-2015   \   PDF 368k
  

• RDC Chairman interview:  More cooperation--more competition (German)
  Jan. 2015  \   Privatbahn Magazin  \  PDF 3.9 MB
  

• Concept and inspiration for ¡Lesivo! -- telling the Guatemalan railway story with a propaganda poster
  Winter 2015  \  Railroad Heritage  \  PDF 251k  \   www.railroadheritage.org