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St. Cloud Fire Department responds to early morning train vs. car crash

One 18-year-old from Dilworth Minnesota knew he wanted to work with trains early on. Now at 18, he is conducting a BNSF locomotive across Minnesota and North Dakota.

BNSF Railway says it's spent more than $2 billion over the last decade developing and deploying a new safety technology that will be required by federal regulators by the end of the year.

Federal investigators reviewing a fatal railroad accident in Minneapolis say several safety measures were not followed by the work crew.

In 2013 an oil train derailment killed 47 people in Lac Megantic Quebec and leveled a downtown overnight.....The same Bakken Crude Oil passes through backyards in St. Cloud. WJON investigated: does St. Cloud have a plan for an oil train derailment?

A quiet Minneapolis neighborhood has been roiled by the BNSF Railway's sudden plan to expand its tracks there. The railroad plans to expand toward houses while leveling a thick tree buffer that once shielded residents from the 92 trains that pass through every day, including several carrying crude oil.

B-N-S-F Railway officials are blaming the brutal cold for the recent delays on Northstar trains, not increased freight traffic on the shared tracks.

A railroad worker was injured yesterday (Friday) afternoon. St. Cloud police say the incident happened just before 5:00 p.m. in the 1700 block of Breckenridge Avenue.

Freelance photojournalist Steven Sohlstrom captured the last moments of a downtown St. Cloud landmark today. See crews take down the railroad light tower in downtown St. Cloud.

The Stearns County Parks Department will present a feasibility study to county commissioners today that would take the next step in efforts to extend the Lake Wobegon Trail into St. Cloud.