[Imc-newsroom] Nuke train coming through C-U?

Mike Lehman rebelmike at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 2 23:27:46 CDT 2001


Based on reporting in the News-Gazette, it seems the train won't
actually pass through C-U. It will be close by, though, traversing
Illinois on the Norfolk Southern line that runs from Danville through
Sidney and Tolono onto Decatur and then to the west.
Mike Lehman

Paul Sundberg wrote:
> 
> I was just reading the July 30, 2001 issue of Newsweek "A Nuke Train Gets
> Ready to Roll" and noticed that the route map of the "nuclear waste shipment
> route" (p. 28) seems to go right through Champaign!  (Champaign isn't listed
> by name, but it lies between two of the stops: Springfield, IL and Ft.
> Wayne, IN).  Is this load of radioactive crap really coming through our
> town?
> 
> Maybe someone at IndyMedia should look into it.




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