The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) on May 5 released an updated Minnesota State Rail Plan, a long-term ...

As we approach the 250th birthday of the United States next July, WCCO takes a looks back through the eyes of Minnesota over those same 250 years. This month we focus on Minnesota Railroads. Back in ...

Federal investigators say BNSF railroad is analyzing a section of fractured rail after last month's fiery derailment that prompted evacuations in southwest Minnesota, but they didn't say definitively ...

BNSF Railway crews will be replacing tracks at the Minnesota Highway 4 crossing on Monday, Oct. 21. Work is expected to last through Tuesday, according to MnDOT. Construction cones mark a section of ...

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WASHINGTON — Two regional railroads serving agriculture and communities in western Minnesota will share $2.6 million in funding from the infrastructure law, the Federal Railroad Administration of the ...

Learn the history of some of Minnesota’s depots and where they are today? Multiple railroads have served the state of Minnesota. And with the rail lines came the depots needed to support the railroads ...

Le Sueur County Sheriff said the train went off the tracks around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday near the area of Highway 19 and ...

ST. PAUL — Lower gas prices have had an added bonus in Minnesota beyond fatter wallets: Train traffic is leveling off, giving regulators space to refocus on safety issues, a state railroad official ...

ST. PAUL - Minnesota’s railroads are becoming safer, railroad officials and legislative transportation leaders agree. The state’s four largest railroads invested more than $500 million on ...

ST. PAUL -- Many Minnesota emergency managers say railroads that haul crude oil should communicate with them better. "Planning done in a silo is not effective," Director Judson Freed of Ramsey County ...

The United States Attorney's Office filed a motion on Tuesday that says Aimee Bock, since at least February, has been directing her college-age son to "download large volumes of material related to ...