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The Ohio Rail Development Commission has completed a first-phase analysis for passenger rail connecting Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton.

The Ohio Rail Development Commission has completed a first-phase analysis for passenger rail connecting Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton.

A train struck a low-hanging communications wire Tuesday on Shanahan Road just north of Lewis Center. The incident caused power lines to be taken down and a grass fire to erupt nearby.

Big and small cities in the Buckeye State are looking to become part of the Amtrak expansion.

Big and small cities in the Buckeye State are looking to become part of the Amtrak expansion.

Big and small cities in the Buckeye State are looking to become part of the Amtrak expansion.

Each December, a tiny museum in northwest Ohio puts on an elaborate display celebrating a Christmas icon: trains.

Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm at railroad crashes causing potential disasters.

The Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine has raised questions about the safety of freight rail companies. Two bills in Congress aim to fix that and would regulate wayside defect detectors.

Federal authorities tracked nearly 50 train derailments in Ohio just last year.