The nation's freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less often after the federal government approved their waiver request on Friday ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A section of railroad track now at the center of a federal investigation was inspected just hours before a train derailed in Colorado on Sunday, according to BNSF Railway. The ...

Railroad track inspections vary in frequency by track type, but at most occur twice weekly and at minimum, once a month. Regular inspections are the responsibility of the track owners and enforced by ...

The single most important asset to the railroad industry is its rail infrastructure. The lesson of last Friday's collision is that undetected rail defects and resultant train derailment cause ...

Automated Rail Inspections A BNSF locomotive pulls an automated track inspection railcar down the tracks in Valencia County, New Mexico, July 31, 2018. (BNSF Railway via AP) (Kenneth Fitzgerald/AP) ...

EAST PALESTINE — A nationwide inspection of rail routes for hazardous materials will begin “right here in East Palestine,” Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Amit Bose said Wednesday during ...

Lawmakers are scrutinizing railroad safety regulations following the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals. In a Feb. 21 Twitter exchange, Sen. Marco Rubio ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to spend $46 million to upgrade technology to improve rail cargo inspections at 12 points of entry by the Canadian and Mexican borders. CBP says it will ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis, home to ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration announced the resumption of Light Rail service, effective Saturday. Service was temporarily suspended to ...

A new investigation reveals the risks of railroads policing their own bridges. CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a ...