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I apologize, Mudchicken, for possibly sounding anti-railroad. Hey, I grew up in Decatur, Ind and considered the rail yard my playground before I was six!. Then, to FORUM members reading this, I made a big typo in my earlier message: we have 7 to 10 freight runs a "week," not a "weekday!" Thanks for your good suggestions. I can't wait to ask the transp commission how many of them have legit railroad experience. And I've written to rail insurers about policy costs with no reply . People here have brought up the Operation Lifesaver guidelines for where a trail would be "safe." (Nowhere unless totally necessary, which it's not.)-- 100 feet from center of tracks. Pretty much impossible here since corridor at places is 30 feet wide. Re BUDD cars, I didn't know anything about them and wrote to Customer Service at FRA . Got reply there are less than 25 in service in all US. The "pie in the sky" people say that they can replace the BUDD diesel engines with natural gas engines, to eliminate dangerous diesel emissions (from landing on my new grandbaby). FRA person said it has never been done. Do you think the engine retrofit is possible? Also, as mitigation against 100 decibel whistles, Pie People suggest double pane windows in all homes less than 25 feet from tracks. I kid you not. I'll talk to Ken Gault. If you have more ideas about how we can dissuade this Tourist--oh, I mean, Transportation Commission from purchasing the line and spending millions in unsafe projects, please let me know. Thank you. Grandma
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