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Authorities say the worker who died in a weekend accident at a St. Paul rail yard was a 43-year-old Wisconsin man.
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Read More »View from around the state: Boost rail safety before luck runs out
When it comes to rail safety, we shouldn't have to count on luck.
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Read More »CP: Broken rail caused oil train derailment
Canadian Pacific Railway says a broken rail caused an oil train derailment in southeastern Wisconsin last weekend.
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Read More »Crews work to clear 2 train derailments; residents allowed to return home
Canadian Pacific Railway says residents are being allowed to return home after an oil train derailment prompted an evacuation in southern Wisconsin.
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Read More »Milwaukee rail bridge columns to be reinforced with concrete
A Canadian Pacific Railway bridge used to transport passengers, crude oil and other hazardous chemicals through densely populated Milwaukee neighborhoods is structurally sound but will nonetheless be reinforced with concrete, a spokesperson for the company said Tuesday.
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Read More »Milwaukee stymied in investigation of bridges used to transport hazardous chemicals
Several Milwaukee aldermen are claiming Canadian Pacific Railway is impeding the city's attempts to oversee the safety of bridges used to transport crude oil and other hazardous chemicals through densely populated neighborhoods.
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Read More »Claims Board derails railroad’s push for compensation (UPDATE)
No written contract means no compensation for high-speed rail work a company did for a project that was abandoned, according to a state Claims Board decision released Tuesday.
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Read More »Railroad settles Mississippi River oil spill claim (UPDATE)
A railroad has agreed to pay $625,000 to settle allegations that it failed to adequately clean up a 2008 oil spill that damaged the shoreline and aquatic life in the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin.
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Read More »Attorney makes case for high-speed rail compensation (UPDATE)
A Canadian Pacific Railway attorney tried Tuesday to persuade the state Claims Board to hand the railroad more than half a million dollars for helping develop a high-speed rail plan before Gov. Scott Walker killed the project.
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Read More »Canadian Pacific taking high-speed rail claim to state (UPDATE)
Half a year after the rejection of a train company’s claim related to Gov. Scott Walker’s scotching of a high-speed railway to be built between Milwaukee and Madison, a railway is seeking compensation related to the same project.
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