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LETTER: Train wouldn’t have helped regarding I-15 shutdown

A truck carrying lithium ion batteries burns along Interstate 15 near Barstow, California, on F ...
A truck carrying lithium ion batteries burns along Interstate 15 near Barstow, California, on Friday, July 26, 2024. (San Bernardino County Fire Department via X)
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Lou Schneider Pahrump
August 22, 2024 - 9:01 pm
 

Pete Buttigieg thinks Brightline would have been an alternative to travelers and mitigated the Interstate 15 lithium fire shutdown (Aug. 13 Review-Journal)? The rail tracks share the same right of way as the freeway section that closed for 48 hours. I guess trains are better at passing through toxic fumes than cars and trucks — unless the power also goes out.

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