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<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Here is a predictable development in the wake of the disaster:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/railway-revolt-brews-as-lac-megantic-residents-confront-the-future-1.1367301">http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/railway-revolt-brews-as-lac-megantic-residents-confront-the-future-1.1367301</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">From the link: </span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:xx-large;">Railway revolt brews as Lac-Megantic residents confront the future</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;">A key question on many locals' minds is whether the railway, seen by some as a regional economic lifeline and by others as the "train from hell," should ever pass through the downtown area again.</span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;">Many residents here are quick to explain that they don't want the trains back.</span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;">After the derailment, that defiance was spelled out in black upper-case letters on a handmade sign. It was posted at the railroad's edge, close to Clusiault's home.</span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;">"You, train from hell," reads the placard in French.</span></p> <p><br /><br /></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;">The anger in town has led to some discussions that residents should rip up the tracks themselves.</span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;">The catch is that many local businesses -- and jobs -- depend on those rails to survive, said the director of the region's economic-development centre.</span></p>
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