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AudibleNod t1_j9gp2wa wrote

In case anyone is starting to wonder how common this actually is.

Here's the DOT accident map.

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npipi t1_j9guikd wrote

Wow! Quite a few injuries not to mention millions of dollars in damages.

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VerticalYea t1_j9hnwx7 wrote

Yes, but think of the money we're saving!

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SheriffComey t1_j9hpyjl wrote

Has anyone checked with the shareholders to see how they're holding up?

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VerticalYea t1_j9hryo7 wrote

I'm just worried about how they will have to decide on which pool to downsize at which vacation house they are building.

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AromaticSalts1990 t1_j9h4jgp wrote

yup. exactly. i worked on the railroad for years, and the number of train derailments that nobody hears about is astounding

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StoriesSoReal t1_j9gvakx wrote

I think it's normal for everyday people to freak out about something like this after the disaster that East Palestine is. The overreporting of every train derailment is definitely driving anxiety for people imo. This particular line in Nebraska is owned by the UP and is a main thoroughfare for coal from the powder river basin going East. Coal cars weigh A LOT. We're talking 140 tons per car and a lot of trains are now 120 cars long depending on if the utility they are going to can handle it. That is a lot of wear and tear on any steel track. It's especially hard on them when there is something like a stuck brake or a flat wheel.

There are places in Wyoming and Nebraska that have huge, seemingly random, turn around spots next to railroad tracks where they have buried coal from derailments that are paved over. Definitely not within EPA clean-up standards. Most people are none the wiser about it.

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VerticalYea t1_j9ho18u wrote

You have convinced me. We should stop moving coal immediately. Leave it where it is.

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Dara84 t1_j9itdra wrote

Also people need to understand that there is a big difference between 30 hazardous material cars flying off the rails near a town and 1 log car having 1 set of wheels "unseated" from the rails. Both of these events would be called derailments.

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ObiWanCanownme t1_j9gvtxm wrote

Wait until they learn how common car accidents are.

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KerPop42 t1_j9gwwij wrote

Like comparing diabetes deaths to heart attacks

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dfsaqwe t1_j9gy4cf wrote

i see the DOT is already coloring the red states, red

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VegasKL t1_j9hqt7f wrote

Is this real-time derailments?

Jk. But given the past few weeks, it might as well be.

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Rizla_TCG t1_j9icapd wrote

Almost every death category is "miscellaneous."

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