The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently approved a five-year waiver that lets railroads expand the use of Automated Track Inspection (ATI) technology. This decision, announced in December ...

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Although the inspection of railway tracks is a very important task, such inspections typically have to be performed when no trains are anywhere nearby. The new rail-riding Staaker BG-300 Railway Drone ...

Rail-biking uses specially designed vehicles that are pedaled along disused railway lines. It’s easy and fun and uses existing tracks for recreation. One writer gave it a try in the Catskills. For ...

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 ...

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