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(Source: Television station WLS, May 11, 2023)

Northwest suburban Chicago is beginning to see the impact of the recent $30 billion-plus railway merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. A coalition of suburban Chicago communities has filed a safety appeal in federal court that claims critical evidence was ignored in the government’s approval of the merger. The petition was filed with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the CPKC merger, citing concerns about possible future train derailments.

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