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Rail Transportation

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Train slices semi-truck in half [PHOTOS]

    This truck probably needs to go in for repairs.​Ben Brummer took his eye off the road, and it nearly caused instant death. Instead, he's probably a bit shaken up and has one hell of a story to tell.Brummer, a 59-year-old semi truck driver from Westbrook, was pulling a full load of corn into an eth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Hussein Abdi Hassan, alleged bomb-faker, arraigned in federal court

    Hussein Abdi Hassan has pleaded not guilty.​Riding the train all the way from Minneapolis to Seattle can get a little dull. Last month, Hussein Abdi Hassan found himself on that trip, and decided to make things interesting -- by dropping a bomb threat. Well, the 24-year-old Somali from Burnsv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Union Depot's $243 million makeover for trains and buses starts today

    Ramsey County Regional Rail AuthorityUnion Depot is being transformed into a regional transportation hub.​There was a time after World War II when 20,000 rail passengers a day traveled through the Union Depot in St. Paul. Its 18 tracks served trains that ranged as far and wide as Chicago and t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    BNSF gets down to cleaning up really old toxic crap

    Image: Simon Standgaard​This just in from the better-late-than-ever department: Burlington Northern Santa Fe has agreed to finish cleaning up a patch of Anoka County real estate it first soiled with drums of powdered lead arsenate after a train wreck in 1963. It's not as if BNSF has put off c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Mischke Mix: Tuesday, June 16

    Local songs spun on today's Mischke broadcast.

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Obama gives Twin Cities-Chicago speedy rail a thumbs up

    President Obama unveiled his big plans for high-speed rail in the United States. His plan identifies ten high-speed rail corridors that could receive federal funding. And lucky us. The Twin Cities-Chicago connection was one of them.

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    High-speed train from Minneapolis to Chicago may be reality

    Thanks to Obamanomics and that sweet, sweet stimulus money, we may be on a fast train to Chi-town.

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Bullet train to Chicago might be back on track

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  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    Vikings superfan profiled by ESPN

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  • News

    February 2, 2005

    View Master

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  • News

    December 3, 1997

    Last Train Out

    Hobos have been hopping freights since the Civil War. Now a new generation of riders is hitting the tracks--stockbrokers, students, and the occasional serial killer.

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