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Freight railroads could stop rolling at midnight Friday if negotiators don't stop a looming strike over working conditions. Congress could end a strike quickly, but a brief shutdown hurts the economy.
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Amtrak plans to restart daily passenger service on its Southwest Chief route across Kansas beginning May 31.In October, Amtrak cut the line’s daily…
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A historic steam locomotive is headed to Kansas as part of a tour to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Union Pacific transcontinental railroad system.
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Safety experts are saying the decision by U.S. officials to abandon plans to require sleep apnea screening for truck drivers and train engineers puts…
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Is America’s rural infrastructure crumbling?In a new seven-part series on “Keeping Rural America Competitive,” Agri-Pulse set out to answer that…
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The United States is producing so much oil these days that there aren’t enough pipelines to get it to refineries along the Gulf Coast. The solution:…
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The Department of Transportation has reversed a ruling that would phase out a requirement that railroads must disclose publicly when they’re transporting…
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The oil and gas boom is boosting economies on the high plains, but it’s also putting small towns in danger reports ProPublica. Huge amounts of crude are…
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On the high plains, there aren’t any commercially navigable rivers, and the U.S. rail system has been the main way for farmers to move grain to ports to…
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In out regional history, many towns were founded or folded by the route of a railroad. Perhaps no town was more influenced by the rails than Canadian,…