The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Dec. 29 issued a safety advisory to make the rail industry aware “of a recent issue encountered by a train crew that experienced an unintended brake ...

The engineer whose commuter train struck an oncoming freight train in Los Angeles last week did not hit the brakes moments before the crash and was in the midst of an 11½-hour split shift when he ran ...

Unlike other systems where brakes are applied sequentially along the length of a train, electronic pneumatic brakes, or ECP, work on all cars simultaneously. That can reduce the distance and time a ...

FILE- In this Nov. 8, 2013 file photo, a tanker train carrying crude oil burns after derailing in western Alabama outside Aliceville, Ala. The Trump administration vastly understated the potential ...

During the evening rush hour on March 25, a runaway freight car weighing 112 tons hurtled down the tracks toward a Massachusetts commuter train loaded with 300 passengers. As the freight car closed in ...

The brakes on the New Jersey Transit train that crashed into the platform at Hoboken Terminal on Sept. 29 show no signs of any defect. That's according to a preliminary report by the National ...

Visitors to the BHP (formerly known as BHP Billiton) booth speak with representatives during the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...

US Miscalculated Benefits of Oil Train Brakes A government analysis used by the administration to justify the cancellation of an Obama-era rule on the installation of railroad brakes omitted up to ...

US Miscalculated Benefits of Oil Train Brakes A government analysis used by the administration to justify the cancellation of an Obama-era rule on the installation of railroad brakes omitted up to ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration miscalculated potential damages from train derailments when it canceled an Obama-era rule requiring the installation of ...