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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

[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 ...

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 ...

Decades after the National Transportation Safety Board began calling for the crash-prevention tool, Sound Transit showed off its positive train control on Sounder trains Monday. The satellite-based ...

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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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Service was restored on several Metra train lines Monday afternoon, but extensive delays were expected following outages with systems designed to automatically stop trains to avoid ...

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 ...