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Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.

• About the regulation and safety of shipping crude oil by train? —John Dunlevy

• Thomas Mallon on the “slightly stoned, goofball” fiction that was popular when he was in college? —Steve Bogira