Bud Shuster Responds to Trib Series

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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Former PA Congressman Bud Shuster responds to
the Pittsburgh Tribune Review series on rail safety:

"Not many people realize that the nation’s privately owned freight railroads are required by law to carry hazardous materials. Railroads would rather not carry hazardous material but railroads – unlike other transportation businesses – cannot refuse to ship even the most dangerous chemicals.

“They would if they could.”

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/guests/s_491336.html

Dave

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Nice to see a media outlet presenting both sides of a story for a change.

Especially one that also employs a “writer” who’s done his best to scare the public with far-out hypothetical situations. Makes me wonder if there was some "outside pressure’ applied to get some balance in this hot-button issue. Notice the rebuttal is coming from a former state legislator, and not the newspaper’s editorial board.

Thanks for calling our attention to this.

“Terror on the Tracks”