While there may be specific reasons for building a tunnel rescue training facility at the AAR TTC, the report conveniently ignores the fact that there is already a federally funded tunnel incident training facility. See the following:

My photos from Center for National Response

On the other hand, most countries around the world put far more emphasis on tunnel safety than does the U.S.

Here's a link to another article I did for HSToday (Homeland Security Today):

Link to article on rail safety

The 2005 article in the magazine also used several of my photos.

-- Ernest