LETTER: Train wouldn’t have helped regarding I-15 shutdown

Lou Schneider Pahrump

3 months ago

A truck carrying lithium ion batteries burns along Interstate 15 near Barstow, California, on F ... — A truck carrying lithium ion batteries burns along Interstate 15 near Barstow, California, on Friday, July 26, 2024. (San Bernardino County Fire Department via X)

Pete Buttigieg thinks Brightline would have been an alternative to travelers and mitigated the Interstate 15 lithium fire shutdown (Aug. 13 Review-Journal)? The rail tracks share the same right of way as the freeway section that closed for 48 hours. I guess trains are better at passing through toxic fumes than cars and trucks — unless the power also goes out.