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 ...

The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to help pay for 122 projects nationwide with more than half of the money going to smaller railroads, including in Minnesota. The ...

Lower rates across the board are not the work of a monopoly and do not justify additional, conflicting regulation. Efforts to re-regulate the rail industry and remove its limited antitrust exemptions ...

ST. PAUL - Western North Dakota's oil boom puts Minnesota in a dangerous position, a key Minnesota lawmaker says, and the state should increase its rail oil safety oversight. Most of the highly ...

ST. PAUL -- Railroads carrying hazardous materials across Minnesota came forward Wednesday with a plan to pay more for safer road crossings and training. "The railroads plan to step forward and assist ...

The state of Minnesota will get more than $8.5 million from the federal government to address three dangerous railroad crossing projects. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced the grant ...

(TNS) - The emergency management director for St. Paul held up a sheet of paper covered with a large black square. It was a redacted record he had requested to learn how railroad companies would ...

ST. PAUL -- There is no overall agreement on how to prevent Minnesota oil train explosions. Democrats want to raise railroad taxes $100 million to improve oil train safety. Republicans balk at higher ...

The Last Stop: Railroad Depots of Minnesota is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, ...

ST. PAUL — A new Minnesota law aims to protect the state from hazards created by increasing amounts of oil passing through Minnesota by rail and pipeline. Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Tuesday. The ...

A letter to the editor in December argued that the proposed NLX passenger train could bring crime and hardcore criminals from the Twin Cities and Chicago to northern Minnesota. I’ve additionally heard ...