NS’s Adams Tops 2025 Women in Rail Lineup

Topping the list of reasons to attend the much-anticipated 2025 Women in Rail Conference is kick-off speaker Annie Adams, Chief Human Resources Officer at Norfolk Southern (NS). Railway Age and RT&S are

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Damage Prevention Impact Tests

MxV RAIL R&D, RAILWAY AGE JULY 2025 ISSUE: Under the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Strategic Research Initiatives Program, MxV Rail and its Damage Prevention & Loading Services (DP&LS) group conducted a series

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30th Annual AAR Research Review Celebrates Collaboration

The 30th Annual AAR Research Review, hosted by MxV Rail from April 29 to May 1, 2025, brought together more than 300 attendees from around the world, including Class I and short

MxV Rail: Testing, Testing, One, Two Three—and More

MxV Rail is expanding its laboratory capabilities for rail component testing. “With a suite of new machines and test capabilities available and more laboratory test services rolling out soon, MxV Rail continues

Wheel/Rail Vertical Impact Force Measurement Validation

MxV RAIL R&D, RAILWAY AGE MAY 2025 ISSUE: The Wheel Impact Load Detector (WILD) is an established wayside detector technology used to identify out-of-round conditions, whether due to wheel polygonization or surface

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Single Wheelset Changeout Effects on Asymmetric Hollow Wear

MXV RAIL R&D, RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2025 ISSUE: MxV Rail has been investigating the root cause(s) of asymmetrically hollow worn wheels and will present details of this investigation during the 30th Annual AAR

Assessing Truck Warp Restraint Hardware

MxV Rail R&D, Railway Age January 2025 Issue: Recently, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Coupling Systems and Truck Castings Committee asked MxV Rail to evaluate how warp restraint systems might be

American Solar Rail: More Than a Concept

In the past few years, the railway industry has been willing to at least consider technologies once thought to be unusual or unconventional—autonomous or semi-autonomous freight and passenger trains, and battery-electric, hybrid

Rail Vision systems are said to detect objects on and along the tracks from a distance of up to 1.2 miles (2 kilometers)—in real time, as well as in all weather and light conditions. When an obstacle is detected, the system sends visual and acoustic alerts in real-time to both the operator and the command-and-control center. (Image Courtesy of Rail Vision)

Supply Side: Rail Vision, Wabtec

Rail Vision Ltd. joins MxV Rail’s Technology Roadmap Program. Also, Wabtec Corporation renews a locomotive services agreement in India.

MxV Rail Opens HDMF at Pueblo Plex

Association of American Railroads (AAR) subsidiary MxV Rail has opened its new Heavy Duty Maintenance Facility (HDMF) at Pueblo Plex. Described as “a modern, fully equipped HDMF facility,” the HDMF offers indoor

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