BOZEMAN, Mont. - Montana Rail Link officials stood before commissioners to talk about train traffic through town, and how it's increasing. "Our volume is going to grow" said Jim Lewis with the MRL.

The number of freight trains loaded with coal that pass through Montana could significantly grow in the next several years, thanks to the planned development of new ports on the West Coast with an eye ...

NOXON — A coal train carrying 30 cars derailed next to the Cabinet Gorge Reservoir near Noxon in northwestern Montana late Sunday night, according to the train’s operator, Montana Rail Link.

BROADVIEW — Developers of a reactivated coal mine in south-central Montana said Wednesday they expect to start shipping fuel next week to Midwestern power plants along a new 35-mile rail line.

BILLINGS, Mont. — The rise of renewable energy sources poses life-changing questions for Montana’s coal country. The town of Colstrip has a century’s dependence on coal production. The Crow and ...

Although US coal consumption has fallen dramatically since 2005, the country still consumes millions of tons a year, and exports tons more—much of it transported by train. Now, new research shows that ...