While it is impossible to summarize the rail industry’s year in a single article, there were certain key stories and themes ...

In 2021, the U.S. Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Transportation Research Board (TRB) ...

With temperatures hovering around zero over the weekend of Dec. 12-14, most Amtrak trains were able to leave Chicago on time, ...

A BNSF freight train in Barrio Logan. (File 9hoto by Chris Jennewein/Times of San Diego) If California’s politically influential labor unions get their way, the state’s freight trains would get ...

After 20 years as an aerospace engineer, including 13 years at SpaceX, Matt Soule sought a new transportation challenge he could channel into a startup. He chose electric battery autonomous freight ...

Suburban residents across the region often face delays due to train tracks leading into Chicago, the nation’s busiest rail hub. But in Dixmoor, the issue is more than just a minor inconvenience — it’s ...

OMAHA, Neb. — As freight trains have grown longer, the U.S. has seen an increase in the number of a type of derailment caused by the forces of railcars pushing and pulling against each other, the ...

Freight trains exceeding 3 miles in length are causing major traffic delays and safety hazards in Texas. There are no federal limits on train length, and state laws are unenforceable due to interstate ...

The incident has sparked widespread outrage on social media --- with railway authorities subsequently launching a probe.