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Old 02-16-2023, 12:54 PM
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Taking emotion and fear-mongering out of the equation, the simple fact is that freight train operations are safer than ever.

Freight Rail Facts & Figures - Association of American Railroads


"Between 2000 and 2021, the train accident was down 33%. The rail employee injury rate in 2020 was an all-time low."

More than 99.9% of all hazmat moved by rail reaches its destination without a release caused by a train accident. Between 2012 and 2021, the hazmat accident rate was down 55%.
Wait--we are comparing numbers to 2020-2021 during covid when the economy slowed down. Thank God the rate was down then -- nothing was moving.