Railway track engineering is a multidisciplinary field that focuses on the design, construction, and maintenance of rail infrastructure. A critical component of this endeavour is the ballast, which ...

A research team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has found a way to stop concrete rail ties from cracking under heavy train traffic. Led by civil and environmental engineering professor ...

What does the future of rail transport look like? How can we achieve climate-friendly and quiet travel, stability and vibration protection? Harald Loy, civil engineer as well as professor and chair ...

The 2025 edition of Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail (NGFR) conference will feature Genesee & Wyoming Vice President Engineering and Railway Track & Structures 2024 Engineer of the Year Jeffrey ...

There’s going to be railway disruption in southwest London next month, which is bad news for locals, but good news for trackbashers.

Anyone who assumed constructing a 200-mph train span the state of California would be a no brainer clearly never attempted to lay track in the Central Valley. The most recent achievement finishing a ...

Transforming one of Sweden’s busiest railway arteries—without pausing a single day of operation—was a challenge for the Fyrspåret Lund–Arlöv project team. Stretching 11 km between Lund and Arlöv, the ...