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Minnesota residents who are eagerly anticipating the new light rail track expansion should be interested to know that a light rail crash that occurred a year ago at the O'Hare International Airport train station was determined to be caused by a fatigued train...
According to recent media reports Governor Dayton has proposed a plan that calls for major railway safety improvements for railroad crossings across the state. If adopted and passed by lawmakers, the plan would cost the state over $330 million over the next ten years....
Minnesota residents may be interested to learn that according to projections released by the federal government, train derailments affecting trains that haul crude oil or ethanol gas will occur at an average rate of ten times annually over the next 20 years. The train...
Due to the natural gas production boom that has been experienced in North Dakota, the state of Minnesota has experienced a surge in train traffic travelling on its railroad tracks. This surge in railroad traffic has drawn the attention of the Federal Railroad...
Despite all the public service announcements to exercise caution and drive safely, car accidents do routinely happen. Such accidents can result in serious injuries and be potentially debilitating for those involved in the accident, along with their families. What can...
Minnesota residents should be interested to know that an abrupt reduction in the number of workers that maintain Canadian Pacific tracks will likely result in increased delays. The reduction was precipitated by the railroad company's management during the...
Working in the Minnesota railroad industry is inherently more dangerous than other industries because of the nature of the industry itself. This is due to the fact that there is a disproportionate mismatch between railway locomotives and the human body. When they come...
Minnesota residents should be interested to know that the current spending bill that is tied up in Congress contains a provision that, if enacted, will rollback a regulation that can have adverse effects on truck safety on Minnesota roads. The regulation in question...
Train accidents and train safety have become a hot topic ever since the movie Unstoppable came out in 2010, which depicted a train out of control pulling rail car after rail car carrying dangerous chemicals at break neck speeds through densely populated human...
Distracted driving is something many of us do from time to time, whether by our own choosing or not. One of the primary causes of distraction, or at least a cause which has been receiving a significant amount of attention in recent years, is technology-related driving...
