bill she'll sheely was the steel city mayor. >> there were a few hotels, gradually people moving out. >> reporter: trains roll through every 50 minutes or so but they don't stop not anymore. steel city near the nebraska-is kahn state lin nebraska-kansas state line was founded in 1853. it's now back on the map. trans canada's xl pipeline would pump 800,000 gallons a day here to a place just outside of town. >> i hope they pass it, everybody in town does. >> the original pipeline built in 2010, moves east to illinois and sous to texas. the 36 inch diameter pipeline would replace the original pipeline with a more direct route. residents predict that would be a handful of permanent jobs. drive through this tiny village and you won't see anything for or against the keystone xl pipeline. mayor sheely thinks the fear of the pipeline is overblown. >> the thing is a big deal now, why wasn't it in the '50s when they put appliance around here? >> the landscape is dotted for markers for underground appliance. >> on my land alone there's four different lines. natural gas crude oil and i've never h

mayor sheely thinks the fear of the pipeline is overblown. >> the thing is a big deal now, why wasn't it in the '50s when they put appliance around here? >> the landscape is dotted for markers for underground appliance. >> on my land alone there's four different lines. natural gas crude oil and i've never heard any problems at all. >> l dean banahan sold some of his property to transcanada pipeline. >> the more oil that comes by rail gives me a concern. i consider the pipeline a lot safer than the railroads. >> steel city resident and retired ironworker john mcco mccowan said. >> will help the economy a long run goes is going to create a few jobs left over from the pipeline coming through but in the meantime you got people coming through and they're saying 40,000 jobs. that's a lot of people a lot of families and a lot of kids being fed. and it's a lot of people not on welfare and sucking off the government. >> reporter: but don't look for an economic turn around in steel city. say the old timers who have watched the town's decline. >> i've lived here all my life and things just go do