Author: Joanna Marsh

Collision Avoidance, the AI Way

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2026 ISSUE: Creating safer rail operations through artificial intelligence applications. Around 2016, Derel Wust, founder of Australian software engineering provider 4Tel, approached the robotics laboratory at the University of

Success Story

RAILWAY AGE DECEMBER 2025 ISSUE: Newly electrified, Caltrain is operating 104 trains per day with one million monthly riders. Jan. 16, 1864, marked the first day for passenger rail service between San

Hydrogen Power Has Arrived

RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2025 ISSUE: Just this past September, something historic happened in the high desert of Southern California: The first hybrid hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) battery-electric passenger train in the U.S.

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A Future With Autonomous Trains?

RAILWAY AGE, SEPTEMBER 2025 ISSUE: Imagine a future where autonomous freight trains in North America operate across long distances. This future is one the industry must consider if it wants to compete

Freight Rail AI Evolution

RAILWAY AGE AUGUST 2025 ISSUE: Artificial Intelligence is a controversial subject—though not for railroads when it comes to safety, if used properly.  The North American freight rail industry needs multiple technologies informed

Telematics: Slow, But Steady

RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2025 ISSUE: Telematics providers are upbeat, despite sluggish adoption. Although rail telematics providers and users would like a speedier and more widespread integration of telematics technology in North America,

Looking Beyond Diesel

NEXT-GEN SMALL-ROAD MOTIVE POWER, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2025 ISSUE: Short lines and switching operations face several hurdles if they want to acquire locomotives powered by fuels beyond diesel. For starters, the biggest