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Banner Drop at BNSF

July 29, 2016
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  For Immediate Release: July 12, 2016   Chicagoans Drop Banner at BNSF Rail Yard Warning of Explosive “Bomb” Trains during Week Oil Train Week of Action CHICAGO, IL – Tuesday, a giant 25 ft banner that had the words “Oil Train Blast Zone” was held on the rail overpass and Burlington Northern Santa Fe…

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BNSF CEO Keynote Interrupted Over Oil Trains in Chicago at North American Rail Shippers Conference

May 28, 2015
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PRESS RELEASE May 27, 2015 Press Contact: Angie Viands, 312-217-0145 / angiemariev@gmail.com Chicago, IL—Members of Rising Tide Chicago disrupted the North American Rail Shippers Association, held Wednesday at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, by interrupting a speech by the Burlington-Northern Santa-Fe (BNSF) CEO and dropping a banner in the hotel. These actions drew attention to…

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