A Norfolk Southern train that derailed in Alabama earlier this month lacked required alignment control couplers for two of its locomotives and a company inspection did not identify their absence, ...

RAILWAY AGE, SEPTEMBER 2023 ISSUE: At Railway Interchange 2023 in Indianapolis, there will be detailed presentations with Q&A of this topic (“Know Thy Couplers and Draft Gear”) for the International ...

Proper shaft alignment of directly coupled machines has proven to be one of the greatest money savers for machinery-intensive industries over the last 25 years. When poorly done, usually for lack of ...