Since the beginning of this year, a half-dozen MBTA Commuter Rail trains have collided with vehicles that crossed onto railroad tracks, some with deadly consequences for the drivers. Then, in separate ...

After decades of posturing about how high-speed rail was going to be California's transportation salvation, new Governor Gavin Newsom poleaxed the overwrought, overthought, and way overbudget ...

THERE is very uncommon sense in the pithy saying, ‘Our fundamental need is not the elucidation of the mysterious, but an appreciation of the significance of the obvious.’ This writing is but a modest ...

Following the departure of Monica Tibbits-Nutt as state transportation secretary (“Eng named interim after transit chief ...

DETROIT — Michigan Central Station, the long-abandoned rail facility revived last year by Ford Motor Co. as the centerpiece ...

The MBTA needs to hire another seven heavy rail dispatchers before subway cuts can be revisited, and said for the first time that restoration of prior service levels is also “largely dependent” on ...

The many improvements effected in gasoline-engine construction during the war for airplane, heavy truck, tractor and tank usage have done much toward making the gasoline-driven rail motor-car a ...

Rail freight trended lower in the latest weekly data from the Association of American Railroads. The post Down week for rail ...