RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2021 ISSUE: Suppliers are providing the latest technologies to help railroads assess rail alignment and health, quickly and accurately. From track geometry to rail flaw detection, ...

BNSF testing is under way of a locomotive-mounted autonomous track geometry monitoring system (LATGMS) from Kawasaki Track Technologies, the supplier reports. “This technology utilizing sensors and ...

MTA Metro-North Railroad in New York has decided to enter a contract with US-based engineering company Ensco to design, build, and deliver an advanced track-inspection vehicle. It will be equipped ...

WASHINGTON — A track defect that led to the train derailment near Metro’s Smithsonian Station earlier this month was “erroneously deleted” from a routine report submitted to repair crews, according to ...

Italy’s Mermec to deliver track recording vehicle for San Francisco BART Italian railway diagnostics and signalling firm Mermec has secured a contract from San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit ...

CONEY ISLAND — NYC Transit is focusing on “track issues” as a possible cause of Wednesday’s F train derailment in Coney Island, NYCT President Richard Davey said at a press conference following the ...

Making sure all 659 miles of the New York City subway system's tracks are in good working order is a herculean task. Amazingly, for most of the subway system's 111-year history, that job fell entirely ...