During the evening rush hour on March 25, a runaway freight car weighing 112 tons hurtled down the tracks toward a Massachusetts commuter train loaded with 300 passengers. As the freight car closed in ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The country’s rail operators continue to show progress with the implementation of automatic braking technology that Congress mandated in ...

Union Pacific, the main freight rail carrier through Sacramento, California, is among several railroads nationally that appear to be lagging in implementing new computer safety systems designed to ...

High-speed train control systems are at the forefront of modern railway engineering, integrating advanced computing, communication networks and control strategies to ensure navigation precision, ...

OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- BART will spend almost $800 million for a modern train control system its leaders say will enable more trains to run on tighter schedules, and allow for more (and more frequent) ...

Railway Age’s Next-Gen Train Control Conference, presented jointly with Parsons, will feature in-depth technical sessions and comprehensive project updates on CBTC for rail transit, PTC for main line ...

RAILWAY AGE NOVEMBER 2022 ISSUE: Transit or freight? As technology progresses, differences will go away. On Oct. 20-21, I attended the 2022 edition of the annual Railway Age/Parsons-Next-Gen Train ...

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How many railroad workers does it take to operate a freight train? Fewer that you might think. While car companies have been working to develop self-driving automobiles, the railroad industry has been ...

Metro plans to return to automatic train operation (ATO) for the first time in 15 years by the end of the year, which the transit agency says will offer a smoother, quicker ride. No Metro customer has ...

MTA officials on Wednesday announced the completion of key safety upgrades designed to prevent railroad catastrophes like Metro-North’s deadly 2013 Spuyten Duyvil crash. A Metro-North train derailed ...

A Metro train operator fell asleep at the controls, leading to a rush-hour train blowing right through a station without stopping last year, a newly-finalized investigation concluded. The 7000 Series ...