This information is part of a report to council by city engineering and public works director Rob Niewenhuizen regarding work being done to meet Transport Canada Grade Crossing Regulations introduced in 2014. Niewenhuizen explains in his report that cr...
HUMBOLDT -- A 16-year-old Mattoon High School student died Friday morning when his car was struck by an Amtrak train at a crossing in Humboldt. ... Other emergency responders at the scene were from the Illinois State Police, Mattoon Police…
Like Highway Thru Hell does for key roadways in the western parts of this country, Rocky Mountain Railroad does for the ribbon of steel by celebrating and spotlighting the machinery and humans that keep the rail lines open in the…
At least they would get a good night's sleep if the trains weren't blowing their horn.” After three years of talks with federal officials, the state DOT and Canadian Pacific Railroad, the 1980s-era crossings for vehicles and pedestrians were upgraded…
OTTAWA — A severe shortage of rail cars has left millions of tonnes of in-demand grain trapped across Western Canada and farmers warn that billions of dollars in economic activity could be lost unless the government acts soon. Representatives of…
