Chugging onto store shelves on September 1, the Lego Disney Train and Station set is more than just a $330 piece of buildable Disney memorabilia. It’s a working train set made up of 2,925 Lego bits ...

Taking the train through China is about to get a lot more interesting—and about 100 mph faster. Late last week in Shandong province, state-owned rail company China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation ...

Railway locomotives manufacturer Brush Traction has secured a £6.5m contract from the UK’s Transport for London (TfL) to refurbish and fit train motors for the Piccadilly line. The Piccadilly line is ...

Capable of hitting a top speed of 217 mph without a driver, the Jingzhang intercity railway will cut down travel time between Beijing and Zhangjiakou, where most of the game’s skiing events will be ...

According to the company in reference to its pancake-style, planetary gear train motors, for a given size motor, the larger the size of the rotor, the greater the torque capability will be. One ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...