The Scariest Threat You Didn’t Know About

From Chicago magazine

Bomb Trains: The Scariest Threat You Didn’t Know About

They could not look more ominous. The long coal-black tubes announce themselves by their distinctive shape and color, their markings too small to read from the street. The 30,000-gallon tank cars roll, sometimes 100 at a time, in trains of up to one mile in length. Their cargo? Crude oil—as much as three million gallons per train.

More pass through Chicago than any other big metro area. Their blast potential has earned them a terrifying nickname: bomb trains.

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