(Source: McClatchy News Service, September 30, 2015)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Railroads have warned that they will curtail freight and passenger operations on Jan. 1 if Congress does not extend a year-end deadline for them to install a collision-avoidance system called positive train control. The American Chemistry Council calculated that a month-long rail service disruption could cost the economy $30 billion.
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