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    September 20, 2018
    Owner Larry Milsow stands in his Great Northern "City of Spokane" passenger car at St. Paul's Union Depot on Wednesday, Sept. 19. The city of Spokane is one of eight private luxury passenger train cars belonging to the members of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners. John Autey / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    A ride into the past: Luxury train cars on display in St. Paul
    ST. PAUL—Eight vintage luxury train cars will be on display Saturday, Sept. 22, in St. Paul. The cars, belonging to members of the American...
    business/transportationSeptember 20, 2018 - 12:57pm
    June 6, 2018
    Man struck, killed by CN train in eastern Minn.
    GRAND LAKE, Minn. -- A 34-year-old man died after he was struck by a Canadian National train in Grand Lake Township Tuesday night, June 5. The...
    news/accidentsJune 6, 2018 - 10:48am
    March 19, 2018
    Amtrak quietly ends student, AAA discounts
    WASHINGTON - Amtrak officials have quietly ended discounts for students and AAA members and raised the age requirement for senior discounts to 65. The discounts, which offered up to 10 percent off tickets, were discontinued earlier this year as part of a shift in strategy for the...
    news/traffic-and-constructionMarch 19, 2018 - 2:48pm
    August 23, 2017
    BNSF Railway bridge fire had human cause, repairs near completion
    Workers repairing part of the Grand Forks railroad bridge after the structure was engulfed in flames last week could be finished by the end of Thursday, Aug. 24. Construction crews finished driving new piles for the bridge Tuesday night and have been welding since then to bring the...
    news/nationAugust 23, 2017 - 9:40pm
    An early morning fire engulfed part of the Grand Forks railroad bridge sometime before 6 a.m. Aug. 18. Forum News Service file photo.
    Grand Forks rail bridge fire had human cause; repairs near completion
    GRAND FORKS — Workers repairing part of the Grand Forks railroad bridge after the structure was engulfed in flames last week could be finished...
    newsAugust 23, 2017 - 7:44pm
    July 3, 2017
    Train derailment spills 20,000 gallons of crude oil in Illinois
    About 20,000 gallons of crude oil belonging to Exxon Mobil Corp was released after a Canadian National Railway Co freight train derailed on Friday at Plainfield, Illinois. The cause of the derailment was unknown, a filing with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency said on Saturday....
    newsJuly 3, 2017 - 1:33pm
    A derailed Amtrak passenger train lies on its side before the Chambers Bay Bridge on Puget Sound in Steilacoom, Washington, U.S. July 2, 2017. West Pierce Fire Department/Handout via REUTERS
    Several passengers injured when Amtrak train derails in Washington state
    An Amtrak train with more than 250 people aboard derailed on Sunday near Puget Sound in Washington state, injuring several passengers, although...
    newsJuly 3, 2017 - 7:59am
    March 15, 2017
    A load out technician fills a railroad tank car with ethanol fuel, converted from corn, in the town of Nevada, Iowa, December 6, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed
    New, safer U.S. rail cars gather dust even as ethanol trains grow longer
    NEW YORK -- While crossing a small wooden bridge in northwestern Iowa last Thursday, March 9, 20 rail tank cars in a mile-long train transporting...
    newsMarch 15, 2017 - 2:30pm
    December 7, 2016
    A two-mile Canadian Pacific train loaded with oil tank cars idles on a track in Enderlin, N.D., Nov. 14, 2014. REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder
    With Dakota Access in limbo, more Bakken crude to move on trains
    HOUSTON—As oil prices recover and U.S. shale production picks up, energy companies that had planned to ship crude on the Dakota Access...
    news/nationDecember 7, 2016 - 10:59am
    October 28, 2015
    Regional oil impact depends on oil prices
    ST. PAUL — The need for sand to help produce North Dakota oil has fallen with the price of oil, but probably will rise again. The same is true with oil train traffic taking crude oil to refineries. Minnesota Legislative Energy Commission members learned those and other facts Wednesday...
    newsOctober 28, 2015 - 11:00pm
    October 12, 2015
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    Video: Engine 2523 celebrated for 50 years as a Willmar landmark
    Railroaders, retired and active, and railfans of all ages gathered Saturday to recognize Baldwin-built Engine 2523 50 years as a community icon...
    communityOctober 12, 2015 - 9:15am
    October 11, 2015
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    Video: A classic steam engine chugs into Willmar near noon Sunday
    A classic steam locomotive pulled into the BNSF depot at 11:45 a.m. Sunday after departing the Twin Cities at 9:15 pulling a string of passenger...
    communityOctober 11, 2015 - 12:38pm
    July 7, 2015
    Cathy Velasquez Eberhart of St. Paul tells reporters Tuesday that a new group is working to get oil trains out of her city’s neighborhoods. (DON DAVIS | FORUM NEWS SERVICE)
    Emergency managers want more railroad communications
    ST. PAUL — Many Minnesota emergency managers say railroads that haul crude oil should communicate with them better. “Planning done in a...
    newsJuly 7, 2015 - 10:56pm
    May 18, 2015
    Letter: Trains need two-person crews
    I am a 22-year railroad trainman operating trains and switching cars in yards and industries for a living. The railroads across the state of Minnesota deliver goods and services and are extremely vital to the economy of North America. We operate around the clock keeping our...
    opinion/lettersMay 18, 2015 - 2:00am
    May 6, 2015
    Trains fill the Willmar rail yard Wednesday. State lawmakers are still working on rail safety policies. (TRIBUNE/Rand Middleton)
    Derailment draws attention to lack of state rail deal
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    newsMay 6, 2015 - 11:26pm
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