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April 7, 2016

Tim Middagh/Daily Globe

Railroad Crossing: Commerce continues to roll through Worthington

WORTHINGTON — Yes, there are occasional grumbles about the train horn waking people out of a sound sleep in the middle of the night, or railroad...

news April 7, 2016 - 4:27pm

August 13, 2015

Jesse Trelstad/Daily Globe

All aboard: Union Pacific spends $5.3 million to improve railway in Nobles County

WORTHINGTON — Finding a vacant hotel room in Worthington might be difficult come next week. Union Pacific Railroad has booked rooms for...

news August 13, 2015 - 9:26pm

May 12, 2014

Crews work to clear the debris at the scene of the BNSF derailment. No one was hurt and the incident did not involve any hazardous material or pose a threat to public safety, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Department, when fifty train cars carrying coal derailed at about 11:48 p.m. Sunday in Sylvan Township, west of Pillager. Forum News Service

45 coal train cars derail near Pillager

PILLAGER — Coal and crushed metal littered the BNSF Railway train tracks near Pillager in central Minnesota as crews worked Monday to clear...

news May 12, 2014 - 10:27pm

February 27, 2014

MN could face ‘massive scale’ oil disaster loss

ST. PAUL — Public safety officials across Minnesota lose sleep at night over the possibility of major crude oil transportation disasters such as ones last year in North Dakota and Quebec. That is what state Public Safety Commissioner Mona Doman told House Transportation Finance...

news February 27, 2014 - 8:27pm