Advances in ultrasound—the same imaging technology that uses sound waves to allow doctors to monitor babies in utero—are being applied by engineers at the University of California San Diego to make ...

The Railroaders Memorial Museum hosted a screening Tuesday night of a new documentary chronicling one of the deadliest railroad disasters in the history of Blair ...

I'm trying to get block detection working on my HO scale model railroad. I found this page and liked the idea of using current transformers to detect the Digital Command Control signal inducing ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Two historic locomotives that have carried passengers through Cuyahoga Valley National Park for decades are getting an electric makeover that will eliminate hundreds of tons of ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer spoke out Sunday against the massive merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern that could be headed for approval from President Trump’s administration. The New York Democrat has ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

The Brightline is a beautiful train. Ultra-quiet and decorated with streaks of highlighter yellow, it carries passengers between Miami and Orlando, sometimes moving as fast as 125 miles per hour. It ...

Voltify, a start-up, has a bold ambition to convince U.S. Class 1 railroad companies to switch to battery-electric power. Powering locomotives using batteries rather than diesel would save U.S. rail ...

Blocked railroad crossings that back up traffic and cause lengthy wait times are not new for Metro Detroit drivers, but there are ways to be heard about the issue. A Detroit News analysis of data from ...

Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion deal that would create America’s first transcontinental freight railroad.