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 ...

The sharp, uneven rocks you see beneath railway tracks aren’t there by accident. Known as track ballast, these stones form a crucial layer that keeps the rail system stable, durable and safe, all ...

SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES -- An engineer deliberately ran a train off the tracks at high speed near the Port of Los Angeles in an attempt to crash into and damage the USNS Mercy hospital ship, ...

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 ...

SPRINGVILLE — Firefighters said a "citizen hero" helped save a driver whose vehicle became stuck on a railroad track as a train approached in Springville on Sunday. The Springville Fire Department ...

Indeed, the prospect of more railway projects coming down the track is a key driver of the dramatic upturn in civil ...