So how bad is this? You could remotely take control a train's brake controller from a very long distance away, using hardware ...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Dec. 29 issued a safety advisory to make the rail industry aware “of a recent issue encountered by a train crew that experienced an unintended brake ...

A large group of asylum-seekers fled into the Kent countryside after sabotaging the brakes of a freight service that had carried them through the Channel Tunnel, the train's owner said yesterday.

The air flow and leakage rate tests were used to evaluate the brake pipe pressure leakage. Brake cylinder pistons and brake shoes were checked on each car to ensure that the brakes applied in response ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Automatic Coupling for Brake Pipes ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 97 No. 21 (November 1907), p. 383 doi:10.1038 ...

However, Railway sources said the same train, which had its brake pipes sawed on Thursday at 20 places between seven bogies, had halted at the Palakkad station.

A brake pipe valve was left closed on a Caledonian Sleeper train which overshot the platform at Edinburgh Waverley, a preliminary rail accident investigation has found. The Northbound Lowlander ...

As an emergency brake was applied, the crew observed fire and smoke and notified train dispatchers of a possible derailment. The agency’s report indicated the train was traveling at 47 mph ...