But in the fall of 1848, while laying dynamite along the tracks, Gage accidentally struck and detonated an exposed pack with his tamping iron. The metal rod quite literally flew through his head—in ...

Photographer Donna DeCesare helped him choose An accident with a tamping iron made Phineas Gage history's most famous brain-injury survivor A new book offers a revealing look at how the artist ...

The new tamping survey system for the construction and maintenance of ballast tracks expands the Amberg system portfolio to include a unique "track sprinter". Exceptional track surveying performance ...