(Source: Television station KTBS, October 24, 2019)
BOSSIER CITY, La. — The pain of waiting on a train. We’ve all been there. And KTBS has told you how a Louisiana law that fines railroads that block intersections for more than 20 minutes is useless. That’s because federal law protects the train operator. But some merchants in Bossier City say Union Pacific is abusing that protection. They say for the last two months, freight trains have repeatedly blocked Barksdale Boulevard where it meets Old Minden Road for hours at a time.
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