SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES -- An engineer deliberately ran a train off the tracks at high speed near the Port of Los Angeles in an attempt to crash into and damage the USNS Mercy hospital ship, ...

The sharp, uneven rocks you see beneath railway tracks aren’t there by accident. Known as track ballast, these stones form a crucial layer that keeps the rail system stable, durable and safe, all ...

Amorim Cork Solutions is reinventing materials innovation by combining vibration control and sustainable innovation for rail ...

A research team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has found a way to stop concrete rail ties from cracking under heavy train traffic. Led by civil and environmental engineering professor ...

SPRINGVILLE — Firefighters said a "citizen hero" helped save a driver whose vehicle became stuck on a railroad track as a train approached in Springville on Sunday. The Springville Fire Department ...

Railway track transition zones represent critical segments where structural and material properties change abruptly, such as at the interface between ballasted and ballastless (slab) tracks or near ...

An engineering firm has bolstered its order book with a £28.5 million rail station deal. Spencer Rail Engineering has been ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Police Department is investigating a crash that left a Union Pacific worker seriously injured. According to a release, emergency responders were called to the ...