Michael G. Matejka is the governmental affairs director of the Great Plains Laborers District Council in Bloomington, Ill.
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Culture
Female Rail Tale
Linda Grant Niemann goes beyond clichés to show what it's really like to work on the railroad.
Mike Matejka