NETHERLANDS: Robel Rail Automation, infrastructure manager ProRail and contractors VolkerRail and Strukton Rail are to further develop an automated rail welding robot.

Today, you see all sorts of methods that join two rails chemically to create a continuously welded rail—methods like flash-butt welding, gas-pressure welding, enclosed-arc welding and the one in ...

There’s a disagreement between federal investigators and a company hired by Montana Rail Link about the cause of a June 24, 2023, train derailment of 17 rail cars. There's also disagreement about ...

The broken rail was likely caused by a mismatched weld that failed because a welder did not use the right materials, NTSB officials said. BNSF welders are supposed to use a specific kit, ...

Metra’s base order called for Alstom to manufacture 200 cars in Hornell, with options for up to 300 more. The company also won a contract from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ...

The report goes on to say that the thermite weld cracked near the rail’s base because the welder, for unknown reasons, likely did not use a compromise kit during the welding as is required by ...

A welding failure likely led to the deadly train derailment near Pueblo in 2023. ... The report outlines how a broken rail had been welded back together nearly five months before the October accident.