I don't disagree about derailment frequency. and the following from le /pol/ would exacerbate the prob:
> This is absolutely tied to the strike shutdown. They were literally fighting for stricter safety controls and the extra manpower to enforce them. This is exactly what happens when corporate "runs" the company.
>They knew they were riding on faulty equipment but dispatch had them try and squeak it out. Total negligence on all parties every step of the way, if it wasn't planned this way (white noise). So many details are questionable as fuck. Heads need to roll on this one.
>Also why were they carrying this particular combo of chemicals, you would never store some of these near each other so why would you ship them together in that qty. Why the fuck would the local pd/fd decide to burn this shit at such a low temp?
> This. Three mile long trains are inherently unsafe. This was specifically part of the strike. Biden AND the Republicans told them to go back to work or go to jail.
> I thought the crew disappeared because they were diversity hires but then I found out the train's destination was a Norfolk Southern switchyard only 20 miles away from East Palestine. So the boomer managers probably told the crew to keep on rolling and they would deal with any flaming wheels there.
> They were carrying these chemicals together because they were all going to the same customer and they wanted to make it easy to cut out those tanker cars. Just lazy corner cutting again.
I don't disagree about derailment frequency. and the following from le /pol/ would exacerbate the prob:
> This is absolutely tied to the strike shutdown. They were literally fighting for stricter safety controls and the extra manpower to enforce them. This is exactly what happens when corporate "runs" the company.
>They knew they were riding on faulty equipment but dispatch had them try and squeak it out. Total negligence on all parties every step of the way, if it wasn't planned this way (white noise). So many details are questionable as fuck. Heads need to roll on this one.
>Also why were they carrying this particular combo of chemicals, you would never store some of these near each other so why would you ship them together in that qty. Why the fuck would the local pd/fd decide to burn this shit at such a low temp?