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General Electric built this town, but its presence is shrinking

By Erika Beras
January 19, 2018
Jim Connelly, a former GE engineer, hopes to go back to school and start his own business. He sits at the Lawrence Park Dinor, just up the street from the 350-acre GE plant.
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The company plans to leave the locomotive manufacturing industry in a few years.

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Oil train traffic is down — for market reasons

By Jed Kim
August 24, 2016
At its peak, in October 2014, trains leaving the Bakken region of North Dakota moved more than 29 million barrels.
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Economics are proving more powerful than protest in stifling crude-by-rail shipments.

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Safer oil train transport is coming ... eventually

By Jed Kim
June 06, 2016
People protest oil trains, which have a record of explosion and fire disasters, near an over-sized puppet of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at the March to Break Free from Fossil Fuels on May 14, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
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The train crash and subsequent oil spill in Oregon has renewed calls for safety.

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A rural town hates the coming of high-speed trains

By Jeff Tyler
July 29, 2015
The route proposed for California's high-speed rail line would send trains through rural Acton at more than 200 miles an hour. Ray and Elizabeth Billet fear the rail line could pollute the water supply for their peach and pear farm and lower their property value.
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Tiny Acton, California, fears railway will bring water and noise pollution.

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Fun Fact Friday: A driverless battle

By Gina Martinez
March 27, 2015
A Mercedes-Benz F 015 autonomous driving automobile is displayed at the Mercedes-Benz press event in Las Vegas, Nevada. 
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A look at the week that was...

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The fight over America's rails

By Nancy Marshall-Genzer
March 25, 2015
A train pulls up to a platform at Washington's Union Station.
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A train whistle can evoke far-away places and adventure. Also, lawsuits.

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Canada proposes tougher standards for oil tankers

By Scott Tong
March 16, 2015
A freight train pulling out of the Hess Gas Plant in Tioga, North Dakota, 2013.
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Stricter rules are likely south of the border too.

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Another oil train derails, as new rules approach

By Scott Tong
March 06, 2015
Another oil train derails prompting further discussion on regulation.
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An uptick in accidents suggests tougher rules for oil tankers will prevail.

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Train horns driving you crazy? Just wait a few years

By Grace Hood
December 17, 2014
A train travels on the Canadian Pacific Railway at Banff National Park near Lake Louise, Canada. This week, we focus on stories tied to the idea of mobility.
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There is a way to silence passing trains, but it takes years and costs millions.

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