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In Chicago, 'Bomb Trains' Hidden in Plain Sight
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In Chicago, 'Bomb Trains' Hidden in Plain Sight
Posted on 04/09/2015
by Kari Lydersen
Midwest Energy News
http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2015/04/09/
in-chicago-bomb-trains-hidden-in-plain-sight/
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/lbom9nw
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More trains carrying volatile crude oil pass through Chicago than anywhere
else in the country, as reported by the Chicago Tribune last week.
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And the oil trains are passing through and sitting idle for hours in the
same low-income, largely black and Latino Chicago neighborhoods that have
been at the center of high-profile environmental justice struggles,
including Pilsen and Little Village, where residents fought to shut down
the citys two coal-fired power plants.
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Throughout March, Midwest Energy News documented numerous oil trains
passing through Chicago and the suburbs, and also found through interviews
that many residents alongside the tracks have no idea about the dire risk
they would face if there were an oil train accident.
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Atop the 16th Street viaduct in the immigrant neighborhood of Pilsen,
almost every day one can find a train of sleek black tanker cars sitting
idle or chugging through.
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On a one-mile stretch of 16th Street directly below these tracks, there
are three elementary schools, a senior citizens housing complex, a bridal
store, a gym, upscale lofts in rehabbed factories and sagging small homes
that have been in families for generations.
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From Pilsen the tracks head northeast, skirting the southern edge of
downtown. They come from the southwest, through the dense residential
neighborhood of Little Village, and past the nations largest jail, housing
about 9,000 inmates.
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The evacuation zone for an oil train explosion is half a mile on either
side.
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Along with Pilsen and Little Village, Midwest Energy News found oil trains
crossing the Dan Ryan Expressway above heavy traffic, traveling through
poor African American neighborhoods on the South Side, and snaking not far
from stately townhouses near Chicagos convention center.
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Topics Discussed in This Article:
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Growing alarm
A railroad crossroads
Seeking transparency
Safety measures
Confusion and complacency
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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