Eastern Iowa river towns sing blues over tripling railroad traffic

By: Steve Tappa|April 4, 2022

|5 min read

“So, how often do the trains go by?” Jake Blues asked while staring out the window of a one-room apartment at a steady stream of elevated trains crisscrossing on opposite tracks.

“So often, you won’t even notice!” Elwood Blues answered.

– The Blues Brothers, 1980

Denise Bulat laughed out loud upon hearing those classic lines from the Blues Brothers movie before turning serious again.

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Eastern Iowa river towns sing blues over tripling railroad traffic

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