railroad

Tons Of Products Crossing The Border To Find Other Alternatives?

Threatening a union strike in North Dakota is like...actually, North Dakotans aren't too familiar with what that would be like.

Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority wants to reestablish passenger rail service linking Bis/Man to California. Make sense?

Should BNSF Keep Or Demolish The Railroad Bridge?

EDGEMONT, S.D. (AP) — Two BNSF Railway employees have been struck and killed by a train near Edgemont in southwestern South Dakota.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A U.S. bankruptcy judge has approved a $338 million settlement fund for victims of a fiery oil train derailment that claimed 47 lives in Quebec.

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) — Train speeds will increase through Devils Lake under a deal between the city and BNSF Railway that also calls for safety upgrades.

CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation is planning to meet with community leaders in Casselton to discuss efforts to improve rail safety since a fiery oil train derailment outside the eastern North Dakota town in December.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators say they will propose requiring at least two crew members on trains transporting crude oil, as well as regulations aimed preventing parked train cars from coming loose and causing an accident.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Railroads that haul volatile crude shipments have reached an agreement with U.S. transportation officials to adopt wide-ranging voluntary safety measures after a string of explosive and deadly accidents.