The Federal Railroad Administration today (Dec. 5) approved a five-year waiver allowing expanded use of automatic track ...

The nation’s freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less ...

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 five-year waiver allows agencies to demonstrate how ATI technology can assist safety inspectors by identifying defects or ...

The devil is in the details. On Aug. 4, 2018, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed near Station Square in Pittsburgh. Given the proximity of people at the Port Authority T track below, it is ...

Ardenna announced today the general availability of Rail-Inspector, its cloud-based software that accurately processes and analyzes imagery captured during drone surveys. Rail-Inspector identifies and ...

ABILENE, Kan. (KSNW) — Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad says they will be able to operate their historic steam engine one more year before it has to undergo its federally mandated 15 year ...

BILLINGS, Mont. – The nation’s largest freight railroad has agreed to more thorough inspections and maintenance improvements after a fiery oil train derailment in Oregon and the discovery of more than ...

The single most important asset to the railroad industry is its rail infrastructure. The lesson of last Friday's collision is that undetected rail defects and resultant train derailment cause ...

More than 330 railroad bridges pass over freeways, highways and streets in Minnesota, and last year state and local inspectors determined that one in five of those was structurally deficient, ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District has confirmed a Federal Railroad Administration inspector has been charged with lying on official documents. Tremelle Sykes has ...

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 ...