The RT&S Track Geometry and Rail Flaw Detection Virtual Conference—scheduled for July 11, 2024—will cover the importance of and best practices for maintaining proper track geometry, as well as the ...

Railway track maintenance is essential to ensuring safe, efficient and reliable rail transportation. At the core of the discipline lies an intricate relationship between the physical degradation of ...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Oct. 23 and 24 published two successive, related Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) the agency says will enhance railroad track safety by requiring ...

The Federal Railroad Administration on Monday approved a five-year waiver allowing expanded use of automatic track inspection, ending a long period when the agency had not acted on requests regarding ...

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 ...

A BNSF locomotive pulls an automated track inspection railcar down the tracks in Valencia County, New Mexico, on July 31, 2018. BNSF Railway via AP The nation’s freight railroads are going to be able ...

ROBEL: The 3rd generation of ROSPECT represents the evolution of track geometry measurement and marks a new era for modern ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A U.S. railroad industry plan to rely more heavily on technology instead of humans to conduct routine track safety inspections has drawn a backlash from labor groups and ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The nation's freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their ...

A BNSF locomotive pulls an automated track inspection railcar down the tracks in Valencia County, New Mexico, July 31, 2018. (BNSF Railway via AP) (AP) — The nation’s freight railroads are going to be ...