(Source: Associated Press, February 3, 2014)
CHICAGO — The National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP, which advocates for train and rail transport passengers, says a massive increase in rail shipments of crude oil from the northern Plains is partly to blame for disruptions to an Amtrak route linking Chicago and the West Coast. NARP wrote to U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx last week urging him to intervene.
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