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    January 13, 2014
    Report puts N.D. train crash damage estimate at $6.1 million
    CASSELTON, N.D.
    news/nationJanuary 13, 2014 - 12:53pm
    January 3, 2014
    National Transportation Safety Board board member Robert Sumwalt views damaged rail cars on scene of BNSF train accident in Casselton, N.D. Photo: National Transportation Safety Board play button
    Alert issued on Bakken crude, local emergency responders train to be prepared (with video)
    Tribune and Forum News Service reports FARGO — A federal agency issued a safety alert Thursday on Bakken crude oil, warning emergency responders,...
    news/localJanuary 3, 2014 - 12:00am
    January 1, 2014
    Smoke from smoldering materials rises Dec. 31, 2013, from the scene of a Monday's train derailment west of Casselton, N.D., that involved oil cars. play button
    No significant health risk seen from BNSF oil train fire, NTSB to investigate (with video)
    CASSELTON, N.D. – Trails of smoke lingered and flames dwindled amid scorched railcars Tuesday, a disturbing reminder of a huge oil-fueled blaze...
    news/nationJanuary 1, 2014 - 10:30am
    N.D. derailment reroutes trains, focuses attention on safety (with video)
    FRYBURG, N.D. — There was no movement Tuesday afternoon as trains sat idle at the Great Northern Midstream rail facility outside Fryburg, the oil loading site for the eastbound train in Monday’s fiery crash.
    news/nationJanuary 1, 2014 - 10:16am
    December 31, 2013
    Fire erupts after trains, one of them transporting crude oil, collided west of Casselton, N.D., on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. (Forum News Service)play button
    Authorities call for evacuation of N.D. town as oil still burns after train crash (with video)
    CASSELTON, N.D. – Officials urged people in Casselton and the surrounding area to evacuate their homes as they dealt with the fallout from...
    news/nationDecember 31, 2013 - 1:09am
    August 19, 2013
    City to close 19th Street Northwest for rail crossing work
    WILLMAR — The City of Willmar announced today that 19th Street Northwest between West Trunk Highway 12 to north of the BNSF railroad tracks will be closed starting at 7 a.m. Thursday through 5 p.m. Friday this week for rail crossing improvements. Traffic will not be allowed through...
    newsAugust 19, 2013 - 1:44pm
    July 3, 2013
    Kandiyohi County Road 2 closing Monday for railroad crossing work
    ATWATER — The Kandiyohi County Public Works Department has announced a section of County Road 2 in Atwater will be closed for road work beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, The Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway crew will be working on the railroad crossing on the road. The road will...
    news/nationJuly 3, 2013 - 4:04pm
    July 1, 2013
    County Road 8 RR crossing closed until Tuesday in Kandiyohi, Minn.
    The railway crossing on County Road 8 in the town of Kandiyohi is closed until Tuesday afternoon for repairs. Motorists are asked to use alternate routes. According to the Kandiyohi County Highway Department, crews from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway began work this morning...
    news/localJuly 1, 2013 - 3:03pm
    May 7, 2013
    Emergency crews converge Tuesday west of Murdock near the U.S. Highway 12 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway tracks and the Koch Nitrogen plant after a collision involving a train and a semi-tractor carrying anhydrous ammonia. Highway 12 traffic was detoured around the scene via county roads. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny
    Four treated after semi carrying anhydrous ammonia, train collide near Murdock, Minn.
    MURDOCK — Four people were treated at the Swift County-Benson Hospital for inhalation of anhydrous ammonia, and two were subsequently transported...
    news/localMay 7, 2013 - 11:00pm
    February 21, 2013
    Two BNSF engines derailed Wednesday night in Hancock while plowing snow. Record photo by Katie Erdman
    BNSF train engines derail Wednesday night in Hancock
    HANCOCK -- Two Burlington Northern Santa Fe train engines went off the tracks in Hancock, Minn. on the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 20 while trying...
    news/regionFebruary 21, 2013 - 10:02am
    November 2, 2012
    Train cars derail southwest of Clara City, Minn., BNSF cleaning up
    CLARA CITY -- BNSF Railway officials are cleaning up the scene of a train car derailment that happened Thursday southwest of Clara City. According to the Chippewa County Sheriff's Office, deputies and Clara City Police officers responded to a call of a possible train derailment at...
    news/regionNovember 2, 2012 - 1:01pm
    July 3, 2012
    A train passes through the Trott Avenue Southwest crossing in Willmar. Willmar City Council members have approved an agreement with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the state Transportation Department to install equipment at the crossing to make it a quiet zone. Tribune photo by Gary Miller
    Willmar City Council OKs agreement with BNSF for Trott Avenue quiet zone
    WILLMAR -- The sound of train horns at the Trott Avenue Southwest railroad crossing will be a thing of the past next year under an agreement...
    news/localJuly 3, 2012 - 12:00am
    March 27, 2012
    BNSF warns public of rail yard dangers following discovery of body
    Notifications of relatives of the person found dead along railroad tracks in the BNSF Railway yard in Grand Forks Saturday morning weren't complete...
    newsMarch 27, 2012 - 8:57am
    Blake Ayling is shown in a photo used for his profile on his public Facebook page.
    Roommate: UND student from Minneapolis found dead along railroad tracks often used short cut
    The UND student found dead Saturday morning in the Grand Forks rail yard was apparently taking a short cut between his apartment and campus,...
    news/nationMarch 27, 2012 - 8:53am
    March 26, 2012
    Man found dead in BNSF Railway in Grand Forks identified as UND student, 20
    Police have identified the man found dead Saturday morning in the BNSF Railway yard in Grand Forks as 20-year-old UND student Blake Christopher Ayling. The preliminary investigation showed that Ayling was going through the yard when he was struck by a moving train. Although police...
    news/nationMarch 26, 2012 - 10:33am
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