FORT WORTH — Jurors on Monday rejected a cancer survivor's claim that toxic chemicals from a Texas railroad tie plant where ... never worked at the plant in Somerville, but said she got cancer ...

BNSF is being accused of burning railroad ties illegally releasing toxins into the air. Did you know this happened? Do you know tests show the levels of Dioxin in Somerville, Texas are some of the ...

CALDWELL -- For years after visiting a railroad tie manufacturing ... pointed to studies by the Texas Cancer Registry that showed no abnormal rates of cancer in Somerville. On Friday, Woodfill ...

The town of Somerville, Texas has been poisoned for more than 100 years by a ... to manufacture their telephone poles and bridge supports, as well as treat the railroad ties they manufactured. These ...

The law department had gone through a leadership change and Shewmake, a 1990 graduate of Texas Tech University ... and other substances from a railroad tie manufacturing plant formerly owned ...

ATLANTA (AP) — One of the nation's largest railroads says it must replace millions of defective wooden railroad ties under its tracks because they're degrading faster than expected. In a federal ...

The series of three reports highlights that all three commissioners have ties to the oil and gas industry. The oddly named Railroad Commission has little to do with trains and is Texas’ chief re ...

IntegriCo — a plastic railroad tie maker in Tyler, Texas — will use recycled resins supplied by West Monroe, La.-based Astro in its products, officials said in a Jan. 17 news release.

MIDLAND, Texas — The Midland Fire Department has released an update on the pile of railroad ties that caught on fire in southwest Midland on Friday afternoon. According to MFD's report ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Work on local railroads began ... They stated that the work is part of the first phase of a railroad tie replacement project. "The project will replace 600 railroad ...