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		<title>An Excess of Train Derailments</title>
		<link>http://trackthetruth.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/an-excess-of-train-derailments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently there have been an alarming number of train derailments in our region, a majority of them coming from Dakota, Minnesota &#38; Eastern (DM&#38;E) and Iowa, Chicago &#38; Eastern (IC&#38;E) rail lines. On October 29 there was an IC&#38;E derailment in downtown Dubuque, Iowa.  Eight cars jumped off the track spilling grain. On October 23 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trackthetruth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3672184&amp;post=60&amp;subd=trackthetruth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CP&#8217;s safety and the DM&amp;E</title>
		<link>http://trackthetruth.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/cps-safety-and-the-dme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Rail Merger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sept. 30, 2008, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) announced the approval of Canadian Pacific’s acquisition of the DM&#38;E railroad. The new owners will take over in a few weeks and assume responsibility to improving the safety of the DM&#38;E railroad. Yesterday it was announced that Kevin Schieffer has left DM&#38;E to “explore other opportunities”. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trackthetruth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3672184&amp;post=58&amp;subd=trackthetruth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Train derailments</title>
		<link>http://trackthetruth.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/train-derailments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  This past Friday, September 12, 2008 a Metrolink passenger train collided with a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth, California. It has been confirmed in news reports that 25 Metrolink passengers died, 135 were injured, 40 which were critically injured. In statements made by a Metrolink spokeswoman, the train crash and derailment was caused [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trackthetruth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3672184&amp;post=56&amp;subd=trackthetruth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>East Side Pioneers Neighborhood Association on the DM&amp;E CP Merger</title>
		<link>http://trackthetruth.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/east-side-pioneers-neighborhood-association-on-the-dme-cp-merger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Eastside Pioneers Neighborhood Association (ESPNA) is a neighborhood based group of citizens out of Rochester, MN. Many of the residents live in close proximity to the DM&#38;E tracks that run through the city. ESPNA voice Micheal LaPlante wrote recently on his concern about increased rail traffic following the Aug. 22 Burlington Northern Santa Fe hazmat derailment that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trackthetruth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3672184&amp;post=48&amp;subd=trackthetruth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DM&amp;E Trains to Increase Speed in Huron, S.D.</title>
		<link>http://trackthetruth.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/dme-trains-to-increase-speed-in-huron-sd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dakota, Minnesota &#38; Eastern train speeds will be increasing in the Huron, S.D. area. DM&#38;E said they have completed upgrades to the track in the area and will be increasing from the current speed of 15 mph to 40 miles mph in 5 mph increments starting at the end of August. The Plainsman reported DM&#38;E [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trackthetruth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3672184&amp;post=46&amp;subd=trackthetruth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Train Blocks Crossing</title>
		<link>http://trackthetruth.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/train-blocks-crossing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An IC&#38;E train blocked an intersection for more than 40 minutes in Manly, Iowa causing a delay for drivers. The stopped train was the result of having to manually operate switches in the area. The crossing at Highway 9, a two-lane highway became a turn-around zone for many drivers. The Mason City Globe Gazette reported [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trackthetruth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3672184&amp;post=44&amp;subd=trackthetruth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The City of Brookings Purchases Two Homes</title>
		<link>http://trackthetruth.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/the-city-of-brookings-purchases-two-homes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[South Dakota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal trains]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city of Brookings, South Dakota, recently approved the purchase of two homes along the DM&#38;E rail line. The plots will be used to build a potential overpass in the event DM&#38;E starts moving Powder River Basin coal in from Wyoming.  The Brookings Register reports: The City of Brookings is in the residential rental business. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trackthetruth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3672184&amp;post=40&amp;subd=trackthetruth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IC&amp;E Train Derailment in Southern Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://trackthetruth.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/ice-train-derailment-in-southern-minnesota/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early this morning, an Iowa, Chicago &#38; Eastern (IC&#38;E) train derailed in Brownsville, Minn., resulting in more than 20 cars going off the tracks and four tanker cars plunging into the Mississippi River. Reports from the scene state at least one of the four tanker cars is carrying ethanol and is now leaking into the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trackthetruth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3672184&amp;post=33&amp;subd=trackthetruth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Pressure Affects CN Rail Merger</title>
		<link>http://trackthetruth.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/public-pressure-affects-cn-rail-merger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to news reports, the Canadian National Railway may be having second thoughts about acquiring the Elgin Joliet &#38; Eastern (EJ&#38;E) Railway Co. and expanding its tracks due in part to public opposition to the project. The CN/EJ&#38;E&#8217;s acquisition has garnered a lot of unwanted public attention since combining the two railroads will mean an increase of freight [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trackthetruth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3672184&amp;post=29&amp;subd=trackthetruth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rochester Group Raises Concerns Over DM&amp;E &#8211; CP Project</title>
		<link>http://trackthetruth.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/rochester-group-raises-concerns-over-dme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The East Side Pioneers Neighborhood Association (ESPNA), formed by concerned Rochester, Minn., neighbors in early 1997, includes approximately 1160 residents, including home-owners and renters. Close to Rochester’s center, the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern (DME) railroad corridor would bisect the association. Michael LaPlante, president of ESPNA, recently blogged about the DM&#38;E issue and the concerns the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trackthetruth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3672184&amp;post=21&amp;subd=trackthetruth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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