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 ...

Located on the first floor of the Newmark Civil Engineering Lab in Urbana is an administrative office for a program that ensures the safety and efficiency of railways across the United States. “We’ve ...

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 ...

The CPT is engineered to evaluate the curving performance of vehicles and their components, according to MxV Rail, an Association of American Railroads (AAR) subsidiary. “With unlimited opportunities ...

In the complicated and fascinating world of global railway system engineering, discerning buyers are increasingly looking for companies and solutions that deliver what their operation needs. This ...

Railway track transition zones represent critical segments where structural and material properties change abruptly, such as at the interface between ballasted and ballastless (slab) tracks or near ...

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 ...

The onus for beginning track construction will ultimately fall on the contractor, who the agency plans to incentivize with a potential bonus check for 2026 work.