More confirmation of what you were saying in that other thread. Also, I was going to reply to you there earlier and mention that, while it's not a train derailment, something that almost turned into a big story, happened right near us. We had to evacuate because a 40,000 gallon liquid natural gas container was on fire and the entire town had to be evacuated - they were pretty sure it was going to explode for the first half an hour until they got the temperature under control - the blow-off flame was shooting up like 80 feet. Sidenote: at first I thought it was a bit ridiculous that they would evacuate people over a mile away, until I looked up tank bleve videos, and ho-li-fuck, it's unreal how big they are. Anyway, the point being, these things are common enough that something like this almost happened on mile and a half from our house.
The railroad workers repeatedly said the conditions weren't safe. The companies said technology makes it safe. I live near where the corridor all the amtracs were derailing a few years ago. I know derailment happen.
But, now they seem to be happening right after safty was a serious issue.
What I learned when railroads hit the news was that they used to be a single mile long with two conductors. Now they're three miles long, and the company wants one conductor. The bypass rails are designed for one mile trains. Which means there's no going around a stopped train anymore.
And, the work to rule method they said they were going to use was requiring safety checks as often as possible. Which stops the trains until the correct specific person can get to the train, and check a 3 mile long train.
More confirmation of what you were saying in that other thread. Also, I was going to reply to you there earlier and mention that, while it's not a train derailment, something that almost turned into a big story, happened right near us. We had to evacuate because a 40,000 gallon liquid natural gas container was on fire and the entire town had to be evacuated - they were pretty sure it was going to explode for the first half an hour until they got the temperature under control - the blow-off flame was shooting up like 80 feet. Sidenote: at first I thought it was a bit ridiculous that they would evacuate people over a mile away, until I looked up tank bleve videos, and ho-li-fuck, it's unreal how big they are. Anyway, the point being, these things are common enough that something like this almost happened on mile and a half from our house.
Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, it may have been LP, not LNG; not that really changes much.
But yeah, I don't really understand what benefit the conspiracy would be for, either.
The railroad workers repeatedly said the conditions weren't safe. The companies said technology makes it safe. I live near where the corridor all the amtracs were derailing a few years ago. I know derailment happen.
But, now they seem to be happening right after safty was a serious issue.
What I learned when railroads hit the news was that they used to be a single mile long with two conductors. Now they're three miles long, and the company wants one conductor. The bypass rails are designed for one mile trains. Which means there's no going around a stopped train anymore.
And, the work to rule method they said they were going to use was requiring safety checks as often as possible. Which stops the trains until the correct specific person can get to the train, and check a 3 mile long train.