RAILWAY AGE, MAY 2023 ISSUE: Welcome to “Timeout for Tech with Gary T. Fry, Ph.D., P.E.” Each month, we examine a technology topic about which professionals in the railway industry have asked to learn ...

Train rails are joined together via a seriously awesome process called exothermic welding, which basically involves lighting off a chemical called Thermite and sending molten iron into a sand mould.

It’s no secret that the MTA is struggling to keep it together. But that could soon be a thing of the past, the governor and transit brass said Wednesday, with the help of a plan to weld the rails ...

As I look out the window on a moving TriMet train, I don't see any seams in the rails on the opposite side. How did they lay those tracks as one very long piece ...

FALL RIVER — Railroad bridges and grade crossings rebuilt in Fall River in the past few years are ready for commuter rail. New tracks are not. If commuter trains ever make their way into the city, the ...