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"Canada's railways are among the safest in the world and CN remains committed to working together with government and industry partners to identify and investigate opportunities to further enhance rail safety across Canada," spokesman Patrick Waldron wrote in an email.…

Our hearts go out to victims of Monday's horrifying Amtrak derailment in DuPont and to their families. Perhaps one way to pay tribute to them is by promptly addressing the factors in this accident that could improve the safety of…

Kristi Weber, the city community development specialist who helped bring the holiday train to Oconomowoc, didn't realize at first how much of an impact the event would have on the food pantry. "I knew the food pantry was a critical…

Monday's deadly accident also highlighted the city of Lakewood's earlier warnings about safety on this new route at rail crossings and the city's difficulty ... current Amtrak and Sound Transit trains, light rail in the Puget Sound region and 200-mph…

Some of the cars fell from the tracks and onto vehicles traveling Interstate 5 — a major West Coast highway running from the Canadian to the Mexican border. Another train car was left dangling from the bridge over the highway.…