Problems with the rail train wheels and track switching points have not yet been fixed, according to interim HART CEO Lori Kahikina. Above, rail construction is seen near Middle Street along ...

Rail construction was on the doorstep of the Kalihi Bus Center, March 18, on MIddle Street. A new mismatch problem has been discovered between train wheels and train track along the city’s troubled ...

Rail corrugation – the formation of periodic undulations on the rail surface – poses a significant challenge to modern rail transport by inducing excessive noise, accelerating track degradation, and ...

Improved digital circuits installed in rail tracks allow operators to more closely monitor the condition of trains, their wheels and tell when tracks may be warped by intense heat. Think “advanced ...

On the technology spectrum, railroads would certainly seem to skew toward the brutally simplistic side of things. A couple of strips of steel, some wooden ties and gravel ballast to keep everything in ...

MxV RAIL R&D, RAILWAY AGE MAY 2025 ISSUE: The Wheel Impact Load Detector (WILD) is an established wayside detector technology used to identify out-of-round conditions, whether due to wheel ...

A wheel on the Norfolk Southern Corp. train that derailed earlier this month in East Palestine, Ohio, was too hot in the moments before the accident, and crew members weren't alerted to the problem in ...

RAILWAY AGE, JULY 2023 ISSUE: Wayside or onboard, methods and materials vary, but they all have the same objectives. Lubrication and its high-tech equivalent, friction management, are important ...

MASSIVE TRAIN DERAILMENT IN DODGE COUNTY. CRUDE OIL LEAKING FROM SOME OF THESE CARS RIGHT HERE. AND CLEANUP, AS YOU KNOW, COULD TAKE WEEKS. LET’S PUT A MAP ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF ...