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September 08, 2015 11:06AM

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m.j.peltier Wrote:
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> There is definitely a pollution problem in Skagway
> .... I am constanlty hearing about this person or
> that person there who has come down with cancer
> .... seems almost like an epidemic for a small
> town.
>
> Cruise ship exhaust, decades of lead-zinc ore
> transported through town...

Definitely.

Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
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Alaska Dispatch News: Skagway and its Alaska-Canada railroad at critical junction (WP&Y)	Chris Webster	September 07, 2015 09:08AM
Re: Alaska Dispatch News: Skagway and its Alaska-Canada railroad at critical junction (WP&Y)	Skip	September 07, 2015 01:24PM
Re: Alaska Dispatch News: Skagway and its Alaska-Canada railroad at critical junction (WP&Y)	Brian Norden	September 07, 2015 08:46PM
Re: Alaska Dispatch News: Skagway and its Alaska-Canada railroad at critical junction (WP&Y)	m.j.peltier	September 07, 2015 10:29PM
Re: Alaska Dispatch News: Skagway and its Alaska-Canada railroad at critical junction (WP&Y)	Skip	September 08, 2015 11:06AM
Re: Alaska Dispatch News: Skagway and its Alaska-Canada railroad at critical junction (WP&Y)	Andrew Roth	September 08, 2015 05:27PM
Re: Alaska Dispatch News: Skagway and its Alaska-Canada railroad at critical junction (WP&Y)	Brian Norden	September 08, 2015 07:34PM

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