WASHINGTON (7News) — Metro said riders should slowly but surely start seeing a higher percentage of newer trains and fewer trains from the 1980s. The reason involves a process the transit agency hopes ...

Written by Anish Poudel, Ph.D., Principal Investigator I (NDT), Transportation Technology Center, Inc. MxV Rail R&D, Railway Age November 2024 Issue: Since 2021, MxV Rail has been collaborating with ...

RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2025 ISSUE: One of the surest and most common signs that something is amiss at the wheel/rail interface is accelerated wear of the wheels, rail or both. Occasionally the solution to ...

Rail supplier A. Stucki Co. acquires Wheelworx, expanding wheelset services and strengthening its position in the South and Midwest rail markets.

A poorly maintained wheel and problems with a railcar’s balance caused a Metro train to derail Jan. 7 outside the Mount Vernon station and injure 23 people, federal investigators said Tuesday.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Slowing demand has forced a Chicago company to halt construction of a railroad wheel plant in Tulsa that would have employed 250. Griffin Wheel Co., a division of Chicago-based ...

Federal investigators confirmed Tuesday that a hot railcar wheel bearing sparked a fire and caused the massive derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying tank cars with hazardous materials in ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released the final report from its investigation of the October 2021 Metro derailment, and NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy criticized the Washington ...