The first step in building a freight train is an understanding of what railroaders mean by "compliance." A freight train is said to be "in compliance" when it's assembled properly and is operating ...

In 2021, the U.S. Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Transportation Research Board (TRB) ...

The Biden administration wants to bring about a new age of train travel. But tension between Amtrak and the freight industry threaten to derail those ambitions. Even when everything goes right, Amtrak ...

A BNSF freight train in Barrio Logan. (File 9hoto by Chris Jennewein/Times of San Diego) If California’s politically influential labor unions get their way, the state’s freight trains would get ...

The Federal Railroad Administration has issued Safety Advisory 2023-02 “to emphasize significant concerns related to train makeup and to ensure that all railroads exercise due diligence and recognize ...