A new study finds that composite metal foam (CMF) can withstand tremendous force—enough to punch a hole in a railroad tank ...

The fiery North Dakota derailment that burned for days early last month was the latest train crash to involve the flawed tank cars that the National Transportation Safety Board has been trying to get ...

A line of tanker cars sits on a line of the Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad in Belpre, in storage, waiting for a customer to lease them. (Photo by Art Smith) BELPRE — For several weeks, there ...

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) on Wednesday urged rail tank car owners and hazmat shippers of flammable liquids to stop using tank cars, opens new tab like ...

HERMON, Maine (WABI) - Multiple fire departments and Maine DEP responded to reports of rail cars venting in Hermon this morning. Officials say this is supposed to happen on hot days as the contents of ...

Rail cars hauling crude oil have had a bumpy ride over the past few years. From Quebec to Virginia, the extreme forces of crude-laden tank car collisions in recent years have split steel like an ...

Nexxiot’s Asset Intelligence technology will help Chemet’s clients to access the real-time location of equipped railway tank cars. Credit: Nexxiot / PRNewswire. Chemet, which makes stationary and ...

PERRIS, Calif.PERRIS, Calif. — A section of a major Southern California freeway was shut down and 170 homes were under evacuation orders Friday as a chemical reaction inside a railroad tank car ...

PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California freeway was shut down and nearby homes were under evacuation orders Friday as a chemical reaction inside a railroad tank car threatened to cause an ...

Marmon Rail is introducing ProTecht, a proprietary mobile cleaning system that revolutionizes tank car maintenance with safer, more sustainable, and highly efficient on-site cleaning. As the rail ...

ProTecht, described as “the rail industry’s first mobile, autonomous tank car cleaning system,” is now available across the U.S. and Canada through Marmon Rail brands UTLX in the United States and ...

Richard Sheehan of Cresson looks over the proximity of the noisy venting tank railcars to his Broad Avenue neighborhood home. Six rail cars containing liquefied carbon dioxide, which emit a constant ...