GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Montana Agriculture Department Director Ron de Yong has informally asked BNSF Railway officials to reopen the Great Falls to Helena line to help deal with increased traffic and delays in shipping along the Hi-Line in northern Montana, the Great Falls Tribune reports. De Yong tells the Tribune he made the request […]
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Minnesota Southern to reopen line, acquires larger locomotives NEWSWIRE
A Minnesota Southern train crosses a trestle at Magnolia. Steve Glischinski LUVERNE, Minn. – The Minnesota Southern Railway hopes to reopen the western end of its line following flooding which devastated the railroad last summer. Heavy rains struck the area in June, heavily damaging the railroad. No trains have reached the west end of the […]
Hazardous materials to return to Lac-Mégantic’s rails NEWSWIRE
LAC-MÉGANTIC, Quebec – Fifteen months after an oil train derailed and exploded in the heart of Lac-Mégantic, city officials have come to an agreement with the Central Maine & Quebec Railway to allow hazardous materials through the community by rail. The new agreement, passed unanimously by the city council earlier this week, puts various restrictions […]
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Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Montana Rail Link cleans up Boeing train derailment NEWSWIRE
Derailed Boeing loads line the Clark Fork River on July 4 following a derailment the previous day. Ted Curphey ALBERTON, Mont. – Montana Rail Link officials are busy this week trying to retrieve three Boeing 737 fuselages from the Clark Fork River in western Montana, four days after a derailment sent the expensive cargo into […]
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