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Street and railroad crossing with lights and signs.

Grade separation fund bills would help communities with frequently-blocked train crossings

Sarah Cwiek

The legislation would make a fund to help pay for bridges or underpasses at rail crossings where freight trains frequently block traffic, sometimes for hours at a time.

Pasi Lautala directs the Rail Transportation Program at Michigan Tech

Transportation & Infrastructure

Marquette conference highlights rail transit as “part of a balanced transportation system”

Stateside Staff

The spotlight in Marquette will soon be focused on trains.The Michigan Rail Conference is happening at Northern Michigan University August 17 and 18,…

Transportation & Infrastructure

Rail company to keep trying for Toledo link funds

BLISSFIELD, Mich. (AP) - A railroad company in southeastern Michigan's Lenawee County says it will keep pushing for financial help in reestablishing a…

Transportation & Infrastructure

A conference in Lansing this week will attempt to put Michigan railroads on the right track

Steve Carmody

In Lansing this week, a group hopes to lay the course for developing Michigan's railroads.There is a growing demand for passenger and freight rail…

Train derails in Kalamazoo, injuries and spills avoided

Michigan Radio Newsroom

According to a report by Simon A. Thalmann with the Kalamazoo Gazette, a freight train derailed this morning in Kalamazoo when it encountered a damaged…