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Union Pacific will increase the maximum track speed limit from 40 to 49 mph on the rail line paralleling Highway 59 in Bigelow, Minnesota. Train speeds at the Palm Avenue, 280th Street, 290th Street and 340th Street crossings will increase…

That can take up to 20 minutes, the statement says. The release also details a number of other issues, some of which the RTM says are beyond its control, including problems with the signalling system, vehicles on railway overpasses, broken…

WHITAKERS, N.C. — Authorities say two people are dead after their vehicle tried to cross railroad tracks ahead of an oncoming Amtrak train in rural North Carolina. Multiple media organizations report a couple, who appeared to be in their 60s,…

REDCLIFF, AB — The cold temperatures Friday morning temporarily caused a Canadian Pacific railway train to block access into Redcliff from two railroad crossings. According to a CP spokesperson, at approximately 8 a.m., a train travelling west experienced problems with…

Larry Hickam, 70, was driving to work at Deer Park Transportation, when he saw a man in an electric wheelchair stuck at a railroad crossing, according to Newsday. “I could see the light of the train coming down,” Hickam told…