Tracks where train derailed in western Minnesota return to service
Trains are running through a small Minnesota town again following a fiery derailment.
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Trains are running through a small Minnesota town again following a fiery derailment.
The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office said the first post-derailment train travel occurred on the tracks in Raymond Saturday morning.
Legislation that advanced out of the Senate Transportation Committee Friday requires new training on rail incidents involving oil or other hazardous materials, including practicing potential scenarios.
Cleanup is getting started Friday after a train derailment and fire in the small town of Raymond in Kandiyohi County Thursday morning. Watch an extended version of the report Friday.
Heavy equipment was brought in to move the 22 Burlington Northern Santa Fe train cars. The freight train jumped the tracks early Thursday morning about 90 miles west of the Twin Cities in Raymond.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is heading to the derailment site and is expected to address the media Thursday morning.
The same time the derailed train burned Thursday morning, a bill designed to prepare for similar incidents in the future was officially introduced in the Minnesota Legislature.
The same time the derailed train burned Thursday morning, a bill designed to prepare for similar incidents in the future was officially introduced in the Minnesota Legislature.
Residents were allowed back home after an early morning train derailment prompted an evacuation of the small town of Raymond in Kandiyohi County Thursday.
"One of the beautiful things about living in a small town, in a collection of small towns, is when people hear there's a need, people step up to the plate," Zwart said.
Following the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine earlier this year, in which train cars exploded into a fireball and a significant amount of toxic chemicals were released, CBS Pittsburgh conducted a study about just how much say state officials have over what trains carry through their territory.
Raymond's assistant fire chief said crews are now letting the ethanol burn out after spraying thousands of gallons of water on the cars that caught fire in the derailment.
The train derailment in Raymond, Minnesota, is the latest such incident, but similar events have taken place across the country recently.
A train derailment and fire is causing problems for the residents of Raymond Thursday morning.
Residents were awakened in the middle of the night and asked to evacuate after nearly two dozen train cars derailed in Raymond.
An early morning train derailment has caused residents of a small town in Kandiyohi County to evacuate on Thursday.
Residents are now allowed back home after an early morning train derailment prompted an evacuation of the small town of Raymond in Kandiyohi County Thursday.
An early morning train derailment forced a small town to evacuate and closed a stretch of highway Thursday morning.
Crews are busy cleaning up after a train spilled hazardous chemicals in eastern North Dakota, just 25 miles away from the Minnesota border.
Data from the Federal Railroad Administration shows that there an average of three derailments per day in the United States.
The portion of the New River impacted by the train derailment is part of a national park, and is believed to be older than the Appalachians.
The manager of a train station was reportedly arrested in connection with the crash after the freight and passenger trains collided head-on at high speed.
Brockovich told CBS News that she understands the fear and frustration of East Palestine residents.
A Texas county official says there are outstanding questions about the transportation and disposal of toxic wastewater that's been moved to a Houston suburb from the site of the Ohio train derailment.
Officials originally said they believed 3,500 aquatic animals had been killed. With the toll estimated to be more than 12 times that amount, officials say they're unsure how long recovery will take.
