Nearly one in 10 of Wisconsin’s bridges are considered structurally deficient, according to a recent analysis of data by a national road builders association.

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When it comes to rail safety, we shouldn't have to count on luck.

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They rumble past schools, homes and businesses in dozens of cities around the country — 100-car trains loaded with crude oil from the Upper Midwest.

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Neighbors living near railroad tracks in Wisconsin are becoming increasingly concerned about long train blockages since an increase in sand and oil shipments have caused them to grow into a frequent and dangerous disruption.

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We hoped that a meeting at Milwaukee’s City Hall on Wednesday would have accomplished its objective of bringing increased attention to the dangers posed by oil trains rumbling through Wisconsin's communities, including those in Waukesha and Milwaukee counties.

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More rail traffic in Wisconsin is leading to more blocked railroad crossings, a trend affecting drivers across the state.

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Wisconsin's train transport industry faces reliability and safety problems brought on by the harsh winter, congestion and federal limits on crews' hours, the state's top railroad official told the Wisconsin State Journal.

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Talgo Inc., the Spanish manufacturer of high-speed train cars, will abandon its plant in Milwaukee in 2012, according to Nora Friend, a spokeswoman for the company. The decision was made after U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced Thursday that ...

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Jim Abrams AP Writer Washington — The Republicans attacking President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package point to a project they dub the “Sin Express” — a high speed rail link between Anaheim, Calif., the site of Disneyland, and Las Vegas. ...

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