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Originally Posted by Number 10 GI
Hopefully we will be told what caused the derailment. Mechanical failure of one of the train cars or something wrong with the tracks. My money is on poorly maintained rail tracks. A prudent person would have an inspection done of the rail line before a train carrying dangerous chemicals was allowed to move. Unfortunately, does a prudent person exist?
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A rarely used term (prudent) these days. Seems since this post was made, the usual "drip, drip.... drip" has started. Reports of the train exceeding limits in the interest of hauling MORE for LESS expense, "drips" of rail road employees who have been warning that something of this proportion was inevitable due to disregard for rules governing transportation of dangerous substances, and now finally our nation's head of transportation making a public statement that "this a common thing (derailment of cars with dangerous chemicals ?), it happens over 1,000 times a YEAR, this one just got an exceptional amount of media attention." Wow !