Posted on 02/14/2023 4:44:19 PM PST by DoodleBob
The explosive train derailment that recently led to the evacuation of an Ohio town was among more than a dozen reported rail wrecks in the U.S. since the year began.
On February 3, a tanker train derailed in the Ohio town of East Palestine, near the state border with Pennsylvania. The crash led to multiple explosions and chemical leaks, prompting the governors of both states to issue evacuation notices for the town and its surrounding areas. Controlled burns of the vinyl chloride from the train's tanks were initiated, with residents warned that the air could be flooded with dangerous gases like phosgene and hydrogen chloride.
The fiery crash was one of more than a dozen train derailments reported in the U.S. this year, only 1 1/2 months in. Another wreck, on January 19, also occurred in Ohio, with several train cars stretching over miles derailing between the towns of Trinway and Adam's Mill, according to the Times Recorder. It was considerably less destructive than the one in East Palestine, as the cars were empty, though cleanup efforts were projected to last for a week.
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The remaining derailments that Newsweek could verify took place in Alabama, Alaska, Louisiana and Texas. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics found that 54,539 train derailments occurred in the U.S. from 1990 to 2021, an average of 1,704 per year. While that statistic may be higher than most would expect, deaths from derailments are much less common, with the bureau's findings placing the yearly average at four since 1990.
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It wasn’t an “explosive derailment”. It was a controlled burn of vinyl chloride.
A derailment likely includes missing a switch track in the yard and rolling off-track for a few feet. NBD.
The average annual number of derailings is 1,704? And this year - by mid-February - we’ve only had about 12, which would be about 110-120 for the year, a more than 90% reduction? My BS meter is flashing.
Sudden Train Wrecks.
mRNA caused?
Im sure there are levels of derailment.
Biden signs $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, unlocking funds for transportation, broadband, utilities
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You would think they might fix the rail system.
Good thing we use trains to transport dangerous liquids instead of those nasty pipelines that Brandon saved us from.
Solution is simple.....need more money for infrastructure in 3....2....1.
Another miracle brought to us by Sleepy Joe LOL
Sudden train wrecks.
Likely because of a Climate Emergency.
Most are derailments on customer sidings, where the tracks are not in the best of shape, occurring at low speed and the car stays upright.
Derailment is not necessarily a “crash”, so not as universally as exciting and disastrous as people ignorant of railroads (and there are many of them) would think.
And as for 12 so far this calendar year, that implies this is many fewer than the average year.
Of course, most of those being the boring kind of derailment.
Getting off the rails.
It could be very minor and boring, as mentioned. Or it can be higher speed and result in quite a crash and catastrophe.
Most are probably dull roll-offs from a stub or siding.
The ROI is fine for trains.
But for many things, it would be more efficient to have a pipeline. Just like Rockefeller figured out.
Terrorists.
A derailment is any time a wheel slips off the rail.
The author is an ignorant Newsweak flunky.
Have I missed anything?
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