“(We will provide) technical rescue for the fire service, safety officers for the responders themselves (and) flammable liquid specialists. We're transporting our own fuel.”
“Fewer cars are available, and the costs of shipping grain are up significantly in many areas. Just a few short years after BNSF strongly encouraged shippers to build facilities capable of loading 52-car trains, the railroad is now penalizing those same shippers.”
“They would have been rendered helpless from the smoke, ... We are plagued by the loss of life that possibly -- possibly -- could have been prevented.”