The emergency brake on Amtrak train 501 was automatically activated in a train derailment near DuPont early Monday morning. Bella Dinh-Zarr with the National Transportation Safety Board said in a news ...

Each year, hundreds of subway riders pull the emergency brake for no good reason. Last week, that kind of vandalism led to a derailment that injured dozens. By Ana Ley The collision between two subway ...

In New York City, it only takes the pull of a handle to bring a subway train to a screeching halt. It’s so easy, in fact, that vandals do it hundreds of times per year. The most recent incident where ...

Metro experienced another near miss Wednesday morning when one Red Line train operator had to push his emergency brake to avoiding hitting another train ahead of it. The incident is ringing alarm ...

A potential train disaster was averted in Gujarat's Amreli district as a loco pilot applied emergency brakes after spotting ...