All trains will bring is increased risk

After the North Dakota crude oil boom started, trains began hauling explosive Bakken crude oil through northern Idaho. Two or three crude-by-rail trains, with more than 100 cars each, travel daily through communities to refineries and shipping terminals on the Washington coast. As a Sandpoint resident, all I see are risks to our lives, land and water. And all local travelers, including emergency vehicles, have longer waits at railroad crossings.

CONSTANCE ALBRECHT

Sandpoint

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