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 ...

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.

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 ...

On March 17, a train derailed in Beowawe, Nev., as a result of a bearing failure — the identical defect that caused the Norfolk Southern train to derail in East Palestine in Ohio, said James Becker, a ...

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 ...

OMAHA, Neb. — 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 ...

DES MOINES — Lawmakers advanced legislation Thursday that would require railroads to deploy train defect detectors along their branch lines in the state, amid concerns about increased train traffic in ...