Though they're not a primary mode for travelers, trains are essential. In the 200 or so years they've existed, they've been used to handle a variety of tasks and have become vital all over the globe.

Train operator Great Western Railway (GWR) is urging passengers who plan to travel through Wiltshire next weekend to plan ...

The Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) has designed “the world’s first automated, rail-mounted thermal-blocking textile ...

UD’s $14.5 million federal grant will expand access to live rail training and create a shared data resource Most aspiring rail engineers learn in classrooms, far removed from the massive machines they ...

Engineers had to solve three primary technical hurdles to safely operate 600,000-pound trains across a shifting, floating ...

MONTREAL — CN Rail says it believes a train derailment in a suburban city northeast of Montreal earlier this month was caused by heat and poorly executed repairs. In a statement sent out Thursday ...

The design for train tracks hasn’t changed much over the last 200 years, and jagged stones are essential to its success. Train tracks may be a seemingly simple innovation, but that means that each ...

A Metro-North engineer saw something wrong with the tracks shortly before his train derailed and was struck by another on the Fairfield/Bridgeport border on Friday, May 17, according to a preliminary ...

“More frequent and reliable FrontRunner service will make transit a practical choice for people along the Wasatch Front,” said UTA Executive Director Jay Fox. “For our riders, this project means ...

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has completed another local structure, bringing the total number of finished structures to 61 along the first 119 miles of active construction in the Central ...

Switzerland's GoldenPass Express solves a genuine engineering problem: the track from Interlaken to Zweisimmen runs standard gauge, while the route onward to Montreux uses narrower meter gauge. Rather ...