After the initial announcement on Monday that Montana Rail Link was ending its long-term lease with BNSF Railway Company, spokesperson Jon Bennion reached out with more detailed information to clarify the story.
Some residents were temporarily evacuated after the engine of a train carrying oil caught fire in Townsend on Tuesday night. No one was injured in the fire on the front engine of a Montana Rail Link train.
A white crew cab pickup truck was struck broadside on the passenger side at a train crossing near Cyr in western Montana on Tuesday morning pushing the vehicle a half mile down the railroad tracks.