Politics & Government

Barrington's Fight Against Unsafe Railroad Tankers Makes National Geographic

Crude oil trains roll through the Village of Barrington every day.

The Village of Barrington's efforts to get tougher regulations for railroad oil tankers was featured in National Graphic magazine, a day after U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx held a closed-door meeting with oil and railroad executives to come up with a plan for safer transport.


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