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To: thackney

All three Burlington Northern train crashes involving oil cars. Warren owns Burlington Northern. I’m not counting the other train crashes that Warren doesn’t outright own.
One in 2012, one in 2013 and one this year. Here is one of them I found quickly.

http://atomicinsights.com/burlington-northern-oil-train-explodes-and-burns-in-casselton-nd/

Following the DOT site on trains can keep you up to date on the dangers of train and oil

http://dot111.info/category/recent-derailments/

Here is one on Propane for Burlington Northern. Give me a little while and I can find the others. But there have been 3 in the Dakotas involving Burlington Northern in the last 3 years with oil cars.


15 posted on 12/22/2014 7:29:41 AM PST by realcleanguy
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To: realcleanguy

But the one that made all the headlines and preciptated the FRA rule was in Canada on the CN

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/01/08/evacuations-ordered-after-freight-train-derails-catches-fire-in-new-brunswick/

and the cause of this one was not motion but allowing the train to idle unattended in a damaged condtion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-Mégantic_rail_disaster

Another punishing blow by our government to business having to rebuild railcars for operating failures.


16 posted on 12/22/2014 7:37:36 AM PST by sgtyork (Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy)
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