The nation's freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less often after the federal government approved their waiver request on Friday ...

The Federal Railroad Administration is taking its time deciding a potential expansion of automated railroad track inspection technology, which industry insiders say could put them in direct conflict ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two railroad employees filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday (Aug. 21) seeking compensation for injuries they say were sustained during a July inspection of the Huey P. Long Bridge ...

A derailed freight train burns on a bridge spanning Tempe Town Lake, July 29, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — To help quickly spot ...

More than 3,000 rail accidents, causing 23 deaths and nearly 1,200 injuries over the past decade, have been attributed to human error and track defects. Yet, federal ...

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 ...

Three train derailments, including one in Minot, N.D., nearly four years ago, have prompted federal regulators to implement stricter rules overseeing how railroads inspect their tracks. This week, the ...

HAMILTON, Ohio (WKRC) - When Local 12 began reporting on issues with train bridges, one of the first people interviewed was Butler County Engineer Greg Wilkens. He's the one who first raised the ...