Safety equipment which was turned off allowing a steam train to pass a red signal had been turned off on previous occasions, a report has shown. The train passed a signal near Royal Wootton Bassett in ...

A commuter train crash in Chicago involving a Chicago Transit Authority train and snow-removal equipment left nearly 40 people injured. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating ...

The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Lower Saucon Township early this month highlights the shortcomings of the automated braking system that was created to prevent such crashes. None of ...

The automatic braking system railroads were required to install several years ago needs improvement to better prevent collisions, federal safety investigators said in ...

The Chicago Transit Authority’s Yellow Line train crash was caused by a “design problem” involving the train’s braking system, according to federal investigators. The passenger train that slammed into ...