The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Dec. 29 issued a safety advisory to make the rail industry aware “of a recent issue encountered by a train crew that experienced an unintended brake ...

On Feb. 3, nearly 50 train cars, including some carrying hazardous materials, derailed in a fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio. Following the crash, officials conducted a controlled burn of some of ...

The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Pennsylvania early this month highlights the shortcomings of the automated braking system that was created to prevent such crashes. None of the ...

Transport Canada on Dec. 8 announced changes to the Railway Freight and Passenger Train Brake Inspection and Safety Rules that it said will “strengthen brake performance during cold weather, ...

Kavach, an indigenous automatic train protection system in India, is under scrutiny for not meeting global standards. Hitachi ...

Metro on Wednesday pulled 16 rail cars out of service that may have the same type of brake problems that caused the meltdown on the Orange and Blue lines the day before, as officials began to review ...

The Chicago Transit Authority’s Yellow Line train crash was caused by a “design problem” involving the train’s braking system, according to federal investigators. The passenger train that slammed into ...

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Based on train data, there is no indication that the brakes on the Metro-North train that crashed Sunday morning were broken, Earl Weener of the National Transportation Safety Board said at a press ...