Trains are a lifeline to American society because they haul goods and people all across the country. I am looking at the cost of these behemoths taking trips daily, and when I say cost I don't mean monetary cost. I am looking for what impact these trains have on our environment. Most of what I have found about trains and the environment is the effect on air quality. Trains burn massive amounts of fossil fuels every day and this has a huge impact on our air quality, People are working on alternative fuels and train engines have gotten much more efficient over the past years but for now they cause a significant effect on our air."People in society definitely want the benefits that come with trains transporting goods and people but are they willing to sacrifice the quality of the air they breath in order to have it?" file:///private/Network/Servers/BRHSFileserver.local/Volumes/data2/2011/asalucier/Desktop/Trains%20and%20the%20Environment.webloc
Also they are two other ways that trains can cause harmful effects on the environment. One is the noise pollution that they cause. People who have businesses near places that trains frequent often complain that the train makes people shy away from their stores. The other is laying new tracks, even though most train companies try to clear as little as possible they still destroy wildlife habitat in the process.
