Maglev bullet trains promise a future where steel wheels and clattering rails give way to smooth, floating speed. Yet the ...

Do bullet trains actually need wheels? The answer isn't a simple no. Discover which high-speed trains still roll on rubber ...

American trains are pretty simple beings, really. They carry people from A to B in rudimentary comfort with very few bells and whistles. That isn't the case with rail travel overseas though, and ...

We think of burnouts as largely being the domain of cars, but just about anything with more power than traction can pull one off. Like, for example, trains. But rather than being a way to have an ...

Service on part of NJ Transit’s RiverLine light rail system will remain curtailed into the weekend as the agency inspects train wheels for defects found during a routine inspection. A laborious ...

The oil boom in the United States is creating another boom — for the railroad industry. So far this year, in North Dakota alone, 140 million barrels of oil have left on trains. Shipments of crude oil ...

OSWEGO, N.Y. — CSX officials said a train derailed by the Port of Oswego late Thursday morning due to the weather. Two wheels ...