“I know derailments are common, but are there really more of them than usual? Or is the media just more fixated upon them lately?”
Surprised Democrats aren’t blaming Trump and screaming for pipelines to be built. Oh wait. They are blaming Trump.
https://time.com/6260906/train-derailmentments-how-common/
The Department of Transportations’ Federal Railroad Administration has reported an average of 1,475 train derailments per year between 2005-2021.