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emsimon33

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5. Interesting! We are fighting the building of a rail spur here

Thu May 14, 2015, 08:08 PM

May 2015

The spur will enable tar sands from Canada to be shipped down the coast of California by rail to a refinery here on the central coast.

So, if I understand you correctly, if the oil train explodes, Amtrak is billed for the clean up since Amtrak also run on the Union Pacific tracks?

Can you a cite a source as this will be great ammunition for those of us against bringing in the tar sands as opposed to Phillips refining California oil for which the refinery was built but which costs more per barrel than the tar sands crude.

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Republicans' motivation for not adequately funding Amtrak? [View all] emsimon33 May 2015 OP

working people take Amtrak , so they don't care SummerSnow May 2015 #1

And amtrak has Union employees so they care even less. nt JeffHead May 2015 #3

Major Bingo Populist_Prole May 2015 #11

My vague understanding on the decay of our railroads gvstn May 2015 #2

All the Frieght Rails want this puppy put to death. Wellstone ruled May 2015 #4

Interesting! We are fighting the building of a rail spur here emsimon33 May 2015 #5

Just finished a bit of research on this and Wellstone ruled May 2015 #9

Depends on your perspective... TheHardWay May 2015 #6

Thank you for your thoughtful reply & welcome to DU! emsimon33 May 2015 #7

Privatization AgingAmerican May 2015 #8

Amtrak turns a profit on only four of its more than 40 routes, One_Life_To_Give May 2015 #10