The next time you’re golfing on Long Island, N.Y., and you hit a ball into a sand trap, think of the Brookhaven Rail Terminal (BRT), a rail/truck transload facility in Yaphank, Town of Brookhaven. BRT ...

A Canadian mining company won a key battle Monday night in its quest to build a rail shipping hub in Wabasha that is likely to accelerate the region's frac-sand boom at a time when local activists are ...

A federal court has barred the Brookhaven Rail Terminal from further sand mining at its planned expansion site and authorized testing for contaminants of material, some of which the owners say was at ...

The U.S. shale oil boom is putting millions of tons of sand onto North American railroads, enabling carriers to pack whole trains instead of hauling just a handful of cars at a time. Miners such as ...

Tom and Matt Tellefsen, owners of AZ Unlimited Car and Truck Accessories, have been dreaming of owning and driving a sand rail for years. Now, their dream has come true with a '08 Sandwinder LTX Pro-4 ...

An Amtrak Surfliner heads south. (File photo courtesy of SANDAG) Officials have marked a key milestone in the effort to protect a coastal rail line that stretches to downtown San Diego. The line ...

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