The article states, in part: "....why should the DM&E railroad, with the chronically worst safety record in its class, be allowed to send hazardous materials on 34 high-speed trains each day through the heart of our city of 95,000 people?

The problem is the danger of high-speed train derailments with hazardous spills in downtown Rochester that would kill and injure thousands of people and do millions of dollars worth of damage."

The writer does not mention that the line would be, if allowed, upgarded to higher class standards and does not cite where accidents of the magnitude mentioned have, if ever, ocurred.

To use some of their own type of rhetoric: Shame on you Donald Sudor, Rochester, MN, and the Rochester Post-Bulletin for being ignorant, dishonest, or both.