RAILWAY AGE, MAY 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 learn ...

Train rails are joined together via a seriously awesome process called exothermic welding, which basically involves lighting off a chemical called Thermite and sending molten iron into a sand mould.

The Federal Railroad Administration's final rule says the largest U.S. railroads must train individuals to supervise the installation, adjustment, or maintenance of CWR track. A review of accidents ...

The MTA has spent the past few months replacing miles of jointed tracks that have been breaking under the pressure of increased ridership (and age), battling against time to avoid future derailments.

It’s no secret that the MTA is struggling to keep it together. But that could soon be a thing of the past, the governor and transit brass said Wednesday, with the help of a plan to weld the rails ...

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Workers from China Railway No.2 Engineering Group (CREC-2) check the welded seamless rails of the China-Laos railway in the northern suburb of Vientiane, Laos, on June 18, 2020. The CREC-2 has welded ...

Welcome to the Collected Wisdom Express, the fastest train in Canada. On a good day, it can make the journey from Toronto to Ottawa in, oh, seven or eight hours. THE QUESTION: "Before we had welded ...