Trains

WARROAD, Minn -- Two people died when a train hit a car south of Warroad, Wednesday evening. Aaron J. Cook, 35, of Warroad, was driving a car at a railroad crossing on Minnesota Highway 11 south of Warroad at about 5:30 p.m. when he slowed at a stop sign, but did not stop, according...

BEMIDJI -- A Baudette, Minn., killed Thursday by a train near Roosevelt, Minn., has been identified as Jordan Patrick Berg, 26, the Roseau County Sheriff's Office said today. Berg was standing on the tracks around 11 p.m. when the eastbound Canadian National train struck him....

ROOSEVELT, Minn. -- A man was struck by a train and killed Thursday near Roosevelt, according to the Roseau County Sheriff’s Office. At 11:15 p.m., the agency received a call that a Canadian National train had struck and killed a pedestrian west of Roosevelt. The sheriff’s...

RED WING, Minn. -- A southbound Canadian Pacific train leaked a trail of about 12,000 gallons of crude oil Monday morning after passing through Red Wing, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. MPCA emergency responders worked with railroad personnel throughout...

HERMAN, Minn. -- The driver of a truck was killed in a crash with a freight train Tuesday in Herman, according to the Grant County Sheriff's Department. Bradley Vold, 47, of Graceville, was driving a semi loaded with soybeans on Third Street in Herman. At a railroad crossing,...

A federal agency issued a safety alert today on Bakken crude oil, warning emergency responders, the public and others that the light, sweet crude may be more flammable than traditional heavy crude oil. The safety alert from the the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...

TWO HARBORS, Minn. -- A Canadian National Railway train filled with iron ore pellets from the Iron Range derailed in Two Harbors early Thursday afternoon and two injuries were reported, Lake County Sheriff Carey Johnson said. The two CN employees were transported from the...

FARGO – Police have identified a 43-year-old former hockey coach as the man who was found dead Monday night near the railroad tracks in an industrial area of Fargo. Chad Lewis Johnson, of Fargo, died of injuries related to being struck by a train, Fargo police said in...

EVELETH, Minn. -- A 38-year-old Eveleth man was struck and killed by a train early Sunday morning in Mountain Iron. The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office reported that the incident happened just before 3 a.m. Canadian National railroad contacted authorities to report that a southbound...