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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The choice should have been to put them in the middle so that either end would have the most crashworthy cars.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2009
The choice should have been to put them in the middle so that either end would have the most crashworthy cars.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes the need for safer train configurations.

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