Train heists seem like the kind of crime left behind with wagon trails and high-noon duels, but the problem is a major headache in our modern world. A new fascinating deep dive by the New York ...

In 2024, there were more than 65,000 train thefts in the U.S., which is a 40% increase from the year before. It’s perhaps a surprising number when, in the American imagination, train heists seem ...

Happy Pi Day. Yes, it's March 14th. If you write that date like an American, it looks like this: 3/14, and that looks like 3.14. It's not the best representation of pi, but it will do. As is my ...

Train wheels aren't perfect cylinders. They're beveled to make them wider on the inside. This means that when the train shifts left or right on the track, the diameter of the wheels can change.

NEWARK, N.J. -- Instead of six-shooters and horses, these modern-day train robbers used two-way radios, night-vision goggles and bolt cutters. Instead of bandanas, they had ski caps monogrammed ...