The number of vehicles that collide with trains in Wisconsin continues to frustrate police and railroad safety officials.So Operation Lifesaver is underway in three regions of the state.A special passenger train traveled over more than a dozen railroad crossings between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls – it was the first stop of a safety effort that moves to Milwaukee and Sheboygan this week.Mary Jo Wagner took the train ride out of Eau Claire.
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