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 ...

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 ...

Railway sleeper fasteners and systems such as rail anchors are essential components of a railway track. Rail sleepers ensure that the gauge between two rail tracks is maintained. Fastening systems ...

Scientists have combined three different methods to better understand and predict the behaviour of materials in rails. While riding a train one does not usually think of all the science employed to ...

The importance of non-destructive testing (NDT) and the underpinning technology partially lies in maintaining railway rails free of defects and inspection, which is a vital aspect of everyday rail ...

Even on busy rail networks, the gap between lines can spend much of its time doing little but face skyward, so why not put that space to good use? Swiss startup Sun-Ways is looking to do just that by ...

Today, commuters in the UK face delays and sometimes derailments, as the rail network continues to suffer from the problems of worn out and broken rails. Heightened by the Hatfield train derailment in ...