Posted on 04/02/2023 2:32:03 PM PDT by CFW
At least 25 cars derailed from a train in Montana on Sunday, spilling their contents onto the ground and into a nearby body of water.
First responders say there is no threat to the public, but there has yet to be confirmation about what the affected containers were carrying.
Montana Rail Link, which owns the railroad, is aware of the situation, but the company that owns the train has yet to be identified, according to NBC Montana.
The Sanders County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to multiple requests for comment from Fox News Digital.
There have not been any reported injuries from the crash.
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Sure it’s merely cotton balls. Move along.
It’s become so common and public that I can’t help but think it’s deliberate, and there’s been almost zero contradiction to that.
A month or so ago I posted the derailment numbers for a decade-long period or something, and the numbers are huge.
Evidently, it is common and frequent.
I’m not sure Montana Rail Link owns the tracks. I think MRL is operating the tracks under lease from BNSF.
If they don’t know what was spilled, how do they know there is no threat to public?
Relax, the Buttster’s DOT is on the case...
Probbably compressed nitrogen. They pack those cars so full they hardly stay on the ground.
>Another train derailment.
20 per week on average for 2021 and 2022.
You mean helium? 😂👍
How many is that now? Wait a minute, something’s wrong here.
Old tracks, pissed off invaders?
Guess I’ma conspiracist, ‘you know, that conspiracy thing.
Story being updated more regularly by a local source:
https://www.kpax.com/news/western-montana-news/train-cars-derail-into-river-near-quinns-hot-springs
They own the infrastructure from coast to coast. Saving a penny a mile on maintenance is a lot. The tracks are in very bad repair.
>A month or so ago I posted the derailment numbers for a decade-long period or something, and the numbers are huge.
>Evidently, it is common and frequent.
Yes. 20 per week on average as I just posted. The data is on railroads.dot.gov
Thankfully most are “fender benders”.
Train derailments are quite common in the U.S. The Department of Transportations’ Federal Railroad Administration has reported an average of 1,475 train derailments per year between 2005-2021. Despite the relatively high number of derailments, they rarely lead to disaster.
Thanks, that is most reassuring.
What is going on ?? These cannot all be accidents.
Train derailments are quite common in the U.S. The Department of Transportations’ Federal Railroad Administration has reported an average of 1,475 train derailments per year between 2005-2021. Despite the relatively high number of derailments, they rarely lead to disaster.
Montana Rail Link sounds like one of the many little RR companies that took over abandoned spurs of major RR companies like Burlington Northern. They are hauling local freight, mostly grain, to eventually hook up with the major company for the long haul to market. We cross over the tracks of one such little RR company often, which supports the hauling of grain.
I suspect there are other uses for these little companies, such as hauling other locally produced items or goods the larger RR companies just simply told to go to Hell because they were not profitable enough.
Another train off the tracks near a body of water. It think somebody better be investigating the Bermuda Triangle conspiracies.
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