A train passes through East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, April 6, 2023. The February train derailment in East Palestine has raised questions about the safety of freight rail companies. Now, the U.S.

On the technology spectrum, railroads would certainly seem to skew toward the brutally simplistic side of things. A couple of strips of steel, some wooden ties and gravel ballast to keep everything in ...

Freight railroads should reexamine the way they use and maintain the detectors along the tracks that are supposed to spot overheating bearings, federal regulators urged Tuesday in the wake of a fiery ...

Advances in ultrasound—the same imaging technology that uses sound waves to allow doctors to monitor babies in utero—are being applied by engineers at the University of California San Diego to make ...

The proverbial ounce of prevention is worth more than any cure when it comes to keeping heavy tonnage on track. Railroads and several key suppliers several years ago embarked on the ATSI (Advanced ...

The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary findings on its investigation into the hazardous train derailment in East Palestine.Read the full report here"This was 100 percent ...

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - A Norfolk Southern (NSC.N), opens new tab freight train that derailed near New Castle, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday night received an alarm several miles before the ...

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio has raised concerns for many people watching the disaster and investigation unfold. David Farwick, a 40-year ...

Debris from a Norfolk Southern freight train lies scattered and burning along the tracks on Feb. 4, 2023, the day after it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The fiery derailment of toxic chemicals the ...

The February train derailment in East Palestine has raised questions about the safety of freight rail companies. Now, the U.S. Congress is considering two pieces of legislation that would address the ...