Happy Pi Day. Yes, it's March 14th. If you write that date like an American, it looks like this: 3/14, and that looks like 3.14. It's not the best representation of pi, but it will do. As is my ...

A passenger train plowed into and decimated a car hauler trailer in south Florida on Wednesday when it became stuck on railroad tracks amid biblical rainfall. Dramatic video shows the 18-wheeler ...

Wheel failures are rare, but when they occur, the consequences can be catastrophic. A broken wheel can lead to severe damage ...

RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2023 ISSUE: Welcome to “Timeout for Tech with Gary T. Fry, Ph.D., P.E.” Each month, we examine a technology topic about which professionals in the railway industry have asked to ...

Trains rely on smooth, durable wheels to operate safely, but what happens when one develops a flat spot? At VIA Rail’s Vancouver maintenance center, experts use advanced tools like ultrasound scanners ...

An overheated component on a railcar carrying plastic pellets was the likely cause of a Norfolk Southern Corp. train derailment earlier this month, federal transportation officials said Thursday, an ...

Train Wheel Cost: A train wheel isn't just a means of transportation; it's also a testament to a multi-million dollar investment. Let's find out how much a train wheel costs to make and how strong it ...

WALTHAM (CBS) – An MBTA commuter rail train derailed near the Belmont-Waltham line Tuesday morning. Fitchburg line train 404 left Wachusett around 6:20 a.m. and then partially slipped off the tracks ...

BART officials announced Wednesday that a new train wheel design they hope will cut noise by half has passed a battery of performance tests at its Hayward test track and will be introduced into ...

EAST PALESTINE, OH -- Investigators probing the toxic train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, are reviewing multiple videos of the train prior to it derailing. One video shows "what appears to be a ...

On the same day Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw assured a U.S. Senate panel the company will clean up the mess from its train derailment in Ohio last month, a trade group issued a national advisory ...