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1979-10
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Minnesota Department of Transportation
North Dakota Highway Department
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This report presents the results of the first phase of a study to identify community problems arising from conflicts between railroad
operations and community activities, and to identify and evaluate possible solutions to these conflicts. The study was initiated as a result of (1) the formation and activities of the Rail Traffic Task Force, a voluntary group of Minnesota and North Dakota communities organized to Identify and resolve railroad/community activity conflicts, and (2) the increasing significance of the coal train impact issue nationally.
The study area is shown in Exhibit 1. It is the Burlington , Northern Railroad mainline corridor from Beach, North Dakota to Fargo/
Moorhead and from there to Staples, Minnesota, and then branching to the vicinity of Minneapolis and Duluth/Superior.
operations and community activities, and to identify and evaluate possible solutions to these conflicts. The study was initiated as a result of (1) the formation and activities of the Rail Traffic Task Force, a voluntary group of Minnesota and North Dakota communities organized to Identify and resolve railroad/community activity conflicts, and (2) the increasing significance of the coal train impact issue nationally.
The study area is shown in Exhibit 1. It is the Burlington , Northern Railroad mainline corridor from Beach, North Dakota to Fargo/
Moorhead and from there to Staples, Minnesota, and then branching to the vicinity of Minneapolis and Duluth/Superior.
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14153/mndot.16827