Chances are that if you’ve traveled on an Alstom train, that train has one or more of its parts created by 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing. In fact, we’ve just reached the milestone ...

3D printing is about to rock the world of spare parts makers. While half of today's production is being used to create prototypes, by 2020 as much as 80 percent of 3D printing will be used to ...

It’s designed to O-gauge scale, and comes complete with models for 3D printed track as well. The parts are given a coat of paint to better approximate the finish of the real thing; sometimes ...

The railroad industry is jumping on board, after it was announced that Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) is utilizing 3D printing to produce railroad parts for advanced needs, including in-cab ...

Emergency medicine providers in rural hospitals in Vermont are now able to practice their advanced life-saving skills on 3D-printed models by UVMMC.

D printing has come a long way since its invention in 1983 by Chuck Hull, who pioneered stereolithography, a technique that ...

It sounds like something from a science fiction plot: so-called three-dimensional printers are being used to fashion prosthetic arms and hands, jaw bones, spinal-cord implants — and one day ...

A version of this article appears in print on April 13, 2025, Section A, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: As Japan’s Commuters Slept, a 3D-Printed Train Station Rose in 6 Hours.

The railroad industry is jumping on board, after it was announced that Union Pacific Corporation UNP is utilizing 3D printing to produce railroad parts for advanced needs, including in-cab radio ...