This excerpt from "Biking Uphill in the Rain" explores Seattle's resurgence in bicycle use in the 1970s, and the influences behind it (including an old railroad line).

On Jan. 28, 2004, a freight train hauling 119 empty grain cars and three locomotives was traveling from Pasco, Wash. to Great ...

A Riverside neighborhood is less noisy now that automated train horns are no longer sounding when the tracks are in use, ...

Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway is increasing the allowance for its most commonly used taconite claim this year. Residential property owners living within a half mile of the taconite facility in ...

Nisqually Indian Community, United States - January 30, 2025 On January 30, a disabled vehicle caught fire on the northbound ...

The Kent Police Department says a man was hit and killed by a train while crossing the tracks. It happened just before 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday at the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks at East Titus ...

For the second time in about a month, a moving train killed a Western Washington pedestrian who was crossing the tracks.

State and local laws prohibit trains from blocking intersections for lengthy periods, but it still happens. North Dakota ...

In an effort to minimize the deadly risks to grizzly bears living along a 206-mile stretch of railroad tracks spanning ...

Warren Buffett’s net worth has increased by $6 billion so far this year. That is primarily due to the rising value of ...

Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm's core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway ...