Suburban mayors concerned and disappointed after federal regulators approve railroad merger

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Places like Bensenville, Itasca and Elgin will go from at least three freight trains a day to 11. Not to mention, the trains are expected to be two miles long and some will be carrying hazardous materials through densely populated areas.

The news was a big disappointment for area mayors who have been fighting against the merger for months.

have been fighting the merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads, and they say they will continue to fight. "A run that would simply be a minute 20 seconds from our house with no train blocking, if we took an alternative route, it would take 14 minutes to arrive on that scene. In 14 minutes — that's three times amount of brain cells that would be dead, resuscitation would be nearly impossible. A house fire would double in size," said Itasca Fire District Chief Jack Schneidwind.

 

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So much for blaming Trump Administration for the railway accidents.

Thanks to PCR railroading

People don't know how to respect the trains, nobody realizes that just about everything you can think of, arrives by truck or train. Imagine no trains, ...the country will just stop.

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