Texas man dies in pickup/train crash, Aberdeen engineer uninjured
A Texas man died and another was injured the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 4 when a pickup was struck by……
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Storybook Land Express out of action for an hour after derailment
Nobody was injured, but the Storybook Land Express was out of commission for about an hour after the locomotive derailed……
County Commission Report – Claremont residents raise concerns about tallow from DemKota
Claremont area residents aren’t happy about the prospect of semis hauling a DemKota Ranch Beef byproduct to town. They told……
Amtrak ambition: The lonely quest to break SD’s resistance to passenger rail
You can’t reach Mount Rushmore by passenger rail. Or the Badlands. Or Wall Drug. Or just about anywhere else in…
Weekend train derailment was near Mitchell, WATCO reports
An Oct. 14 train derailment reported by BNSF Railway was near Mitchell. That was confirmed on Thursday, Oct. 19 by……
Still few details available about Saturday train derailment
BNSF Railway has confirmed that a train derailed on its line in the Aberdeen area on Saturday, Oct. 14. Beyond……
11 billion-pound mystery: The chemicals South Dakota trains carry
Each year, trains carry nearly 11 billion pounds of chemicals through South Dakota’s cities and countryside, much of it on……
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