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 ...

Heavy-haul freight trains require fully charged brakes. When operating a train on a downgrade, brake usage levels on individual cars climb, equipment heats up, and braking power levels can drop ...

HYNDMAN - The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday cited issues with the air brake system as a key factor for the train derailment in Hyndman on Aug. 2. In their preliminary report, NTSB ...

DUPONT, Wash. (AP) – Investigators are looking into whether the Amtrak engineer whose speeding train plunged off an overpass, killing at least three people, was distracted by the presence of an ...

CHICAGO — An emergency track-side braking system activated but failed to stop a Chicago commuter train from jumping the tracks and barreling to the top of an escalator at O’Hare International Airport, ...

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 ...

Reporting from New York — A commuter train engineer pulled the emergency brake when he saw an SUV pull onto the tracks but could not avert a fiery collision that killed six people, investigators said ...