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Iowa Train Derailment Prompts Call for Faster Replacement of Old Cars

A fiery train derailment in rural Iowa that burned for more than 36 hours has at least one group suggesting that the industry should move faster to upgrade aging rail tankers. A Union Pacific train hauling 100 tankers full of …

Montreal Maine Trustee Says Victims Reorganization Plan Not Serious

The Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. reorganization proposal filed by families of the 47 people who died when one of the railroad’s cars derailed and exploded is “not a serious plan,” according to Robert J. Keach, the Chapter 11 …

At Least 3 Injured by Nebraska Twisters

The second twister from a storm cell derailed or knocked over 31 railroad cars at the mammoth Bailey rail yard on the west side of North Platte, Neb. No deaths were reported from the storms that struck Sunday night near …