Trains in the Netherlands are getting armed with lasers as part of a test to see if they can burn away dangerous material on the tracks, including autumn leaves. Freelancer Michael Franco writes ...

Construction began this week on a barrier wall to shield train tracks from a coastal landslide in San Clemente that has halted passenger train movement between Orange and San Diego counties for ...

following the Saturday morning collapse of a huge retaining wall that spilled debris across all four Metro-North Railroad train tracks. The home’s current owner, who was in no mood to talk to ...

He said the movement of the tracks and the wall are all being constructed on railroad property, which residents have been allowed to use as their own outdoor space. Currently, a fence sits between ...

The Orange County Transit Authority will be constructing a barrier wall near a stretch of railroad tracks that has recently been affected by landslides, transit officials said. On Jan. 24 ...

The California Transportation Commission has committed the funding to the Orange County Transportation Authority, which owns the railroad tracks, to build the wall at the area of slope that ...

But there’s a plan to get the trains running again — a temporary wall will likely be built to protect the railroad tracks from the unstable cliffs in San Clemente. “Within the next couple of ...

As work continues on a 200-foot-long wall to keep a slipping hillside off train tracks, Orange County Transportation Authority planners propose spending millions of dollars more on wall ...