"The probable cause of the derailment," the report concludes, "was the train encountering a rail break that occurred when a mismatched thermite weld failed; the thermite weld cracked near the rail ...

This is where the use of thermite for creating welds is rather ... Back then it was used primarily for rail welding. These days it sees a lot of use in high-voltage wiring and other applications ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on a deadly 2023 train derailment north of Pueblo. Here's what it concluded.

Last week's report cited the probable cause of the derailment as a failed thermite weld ... reference to three segments of rail near the derailment where the weld points "showed sign of sudden ...

His most important invention was patented 120 years ago. The THERMIT® process turned out to be a major advance in the development of rail traffic because the process enabled the continuous welding of ...

The report goes on to say that the thermite weld cracked near the rail’s base because the welder, for unknown reasons, likely did not use a compromise kit during the welding as is required by ...

During the International Exhibition for Track Technology from 28 to 30 May 2013 in Münster, Germany, the Goldschmidt Thermit Group will present its SMARTWELDCONTROL. It is a specially designed tool ...

Based on the Materials Lab Factual Report, it was determined that a fracture of the rail occurred near the heat-affected zone, which was located near a thermite weld. NTSB Materials Research ...

NTSB says recent weld was probable cause of accident The rail break occurred when a thermite weld completed less than five months before the derailment fractured along "a layer of underlying weld ...

The rail break occurred when a thermite weld completed less than five months before the derailment fractured along "a layer of underlying weld flash" which "flowed into a gap beneath the base ...