Dashcam video captures Ohio train derailment

NTSB sending investigators to site of the Springfield, Ohio train derailment. Norfolk Southern is is changing some of its policies. abc7chicago.co...

[@dyslexictroll8708]

NTSB, "safety is our #1 priority". Rail companies, "Maximizing our short term profit is our only priority"

[@Milesco]

ALL companies.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

@@Milesco Hence why capitalism needs fetters.

[@Milesco]

@@hauntedshadowslegacy2826 Totally agree.

[@Cryptonymicus]

All corporations: "Maximizing our short term profit is our only priority."

[@Milesco]

@@Cryptonymicus Is there an echo in here?

[@AllThingsConsidered333]

Yeah let’s require the company to test their own accident area for toxic deadly chemicals… I’m sure they will do a good job and be completely honest and forthcoming about it 🙄

[@fidellytle5838]

Yeap, just like big Pharmais allowed to test their own drugs for safety! Can you say Anthrax Shoots that was forced on the Military......until they could no longer hide the bodies and medical side effects.

[@lynch6642]

They are running all those toxic chemicals to Texas and other parts of the United States through our United States highways, very bad, very bad indeed

[@HoneyBadger80886]

Trust And Verify

[@george2113]

I prefer someone who doesn't have an incentive to cover up the problems

[@george2113]

@Jay Bee there are independent testing labs

[@resonantstorm771]

Why is it always said "safety is our number one priority" right after a catastrophe?? That's the same as saying "we are complete failures at our job".

[@SwordsDanceQwilfish]

It's a platitude. If safety were actually the priority, no one would leave their home. There will always be accidents.

[@christopheklinger3217]

It’s to reinforce plausible deniability. Propaganda.

[@peterebel7899]

infrastructure is not an American thing ....

[@nickcormier8571]

When someone trips we all say: Careful!

[@SignalMan9292]

You need to understand that accidents happen. Nothing is perfect.

[@lynch6642]

It appears to me that the axle or the wheel was at fault on that tanker, notice how none of the other cars derailed on that spot, so I do not believe that the track was at fault, in this world nowadays maintenance is suffering drastically, the people upstairs are trying to save money anyway they can, reaching for longer oil life so they don't have to change it and the same thing with Grease, I had a boss in Dallas Texas Tell me this was going to eventually happen in 2011, maintenance needs to be priority one and it is proven right here

[@Greysurfacewhalerado]

I work on trains all day, especially the trucks. I agree with you.

[@TruthDoesNotExist]

if you look closely the car before it jumped a bit on the same spot

[@evognayr]

Bean counters are in charge and making decisions.

[@spaceflight1019]

​@@Greysurfacewhalerado Are the wheel bearings permanently lubricated or do they have a periodic schedule? Brenco bearings look to be permanently lubricated.

[@bigguy78246]

@@spaceflight101990% of the wheels on cars and locomotives are sealed bearings. Though we are suppose to look for grease leaking from the seals when inspecting. Rail carriers have gutted the maintenance departments as it cost the company operation ratio to go to high and making the hedge fund who truly guide the companies to do what they are doing. Cut cost to increase profits with little care to the people who work on or live around rails in this country.

[@polojoe2835]

“Residual Diesel Fluid & Industrial Products” but don’t worry it’s SAFE !!!

[@fidellytle5838]

Oh yeah, it is safe to drink and bath in......for YOU! Just like Agent Orange spraying in Vietnam!

[@jimpatriot179]

Diesel Fluid is a fake news reporting Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) which is composed of 32.5 percent urea and 67.5 percent deionized water. But the media makes people like you think it's a big deal. Urea is what you pee.

[@polojoe2835]

@@fidellytle5838 🤡

[@MajorSir]

Diesel Exhaust Fluid, not Residual Diesel Fluid. It's made out of urea, the same organic compound that makes up your urine. Industrial products, on the other hand though...

[@darrellcook8253]

If it leaks we'll just burn it off. AAAHHH!!! Tha air! The water! AAAAAHHHH. They really don't care. Diesel exhaust fluid? I'd laugh if it combines with dirt and makes a powerful unstable explosive. You never know when it can go off. AAAHHH!

[@dennisreid9039]

I think that they should red tag the all of the rail of north folk so they can properly inspect the rail cars and the tracks

[@nanizon]

Red flag all the rails will tank the economy even more. People will just complain about that. Throwing the baby out with the wash water does no good. Red flagging the rail lines that had derailments or in Ohio would be a good start.

[@frankr.745]

If this had been passenger planes it would have instituted a national ground stop. 4 derailments is unacceptable. A full inspection of all trains and tracks should be conducted.

[@johnmiller3494]

Good point.

[@george2113]

There are track inspection cars and car sensors. Are they being used?

[@timtaylor9633]

4 years of Bribem' is unacceptable

[@Nvable]

Passenger planes have....passengers Rail cars haul cargo. Huge difference. But I do understand where you coming from.

[@Mk101T]

Ya I suppose they could shut down all the rail lines ... then put all that cargo on trucks. But also stop all the civilian traffic where the increased trucking will be.

[@MrRaven2]

IS it possible that Trump de-regulating trains wasn't a good idea?

[@alex-dj3of]

It's possible that trump is de-regulating everything

[@isaac198428]

4 derailments in 5 months? That’s at least one derailment each month which is an awful lot. All in the same state… same. Didn’t say if the same routes but something is a miss here. The railway company should pay the government for testing the area because of they’ve investigating themselves, they’ll find no harmful toxins in the air, ground and water.

[@karlrovey]

It is less than .5% of annual derailments. That isn't a lot of derailments.

[@darrellcook8253]

And the rolling stock and tracks are perfect. Uh huh, until the next derailment. And the next. And the next. Over and over again. OOF!

[@tomgiorgini9154]

and you think you can trust the government, wow you must be young

[@BoleDaPole]

The owners of the train companies have many politicians in thier pockets. They will not get any blame, nor should they since they invested so much into various political campaigns

[@karlrovey]

@Darrell Cook They discovered defective wheel sets on a specific type of car (they're not sure it caused the derailment) in the derailment on camera. Those cars all got new wheelsets last year. After finding the same defect on other cars from that batch, NS notified the other railroads (who also had some of the affected cars). Apparently every car from that set has the defective wheelsets. So NS likely prevented multiple derailments across multiple railroads with their response to the Springfield derailment.

[@dougb5202]

This is exactly why I leave some space and never roll right up to the crossing gates. I had to take many railroad safety courses for work and learned to prepare for the worse when any train rolls by.

[@b0rd3n]

Same here, trained for CN and CP safety around tracks as part of the many requirements of land surveyors for the oil & gas industry.

[@polojoe2835]

Dioxins don’t just go away…

[@Chulitatr]

The train was going too fast for carrying 200 railcars.

[@jimpatriot179]

No it was not going to fast

[@johnlouis7695]

It will just end up being blamed on Trump and not on Pete B. who is ultimately responsible as head of transportation.

[@joshuagarvey9362]

@@johnlouis7695 lolololol.Fingers going somewhere.

[@ryanb8736]

@@johnlouis7695It’s called orange man bad syndrome. Just clueless people who are part of a guilty party always calling out the good guy.

[@louf7178]

You know this?

[@ginagina5452]

This is becoming more frequent and so close together, if I didn't know any better, I'd swear it was sabotage.

[@bikboto-zx6my]

Bet its on ANTIFA, they literally had train derailment guides on their site

[@SwordsDanceQwilfish]

There are 1000 derailments in the country every year lol

[@strawberryhellcat4738]

We've reached the breaking point of negligence and corporate refusal to update the technology. Besides the issue of labor abuse, the current system even has crucial infrastructure still based on 19th century tech, including crumbling ties, missing stakes, and shifting rails due to the freeze/thaw affects on the sparsely filled rail beds. Derailments are nothing new, there is however, more media focus on them at the moment, hence why it "seems" the number of derailments has increased.

[@skankhunt3624]

Dude sounds like he's right out of the USSR.

[@petera5560]

It used to happen back in the 80s and 90s too.

[@fingerlakespreppergrl]

Why are they not stopping all Norfolk Southern trains, shut them down!!!!

[@TrillPlanet]

Then we can’t get stuffs that we already have

[@fingerlakespreppergrl]

@@TrillPlanet we dont get that stuff when they wreck either

[@princegroove]

It’s quite evident how much our once proud railroads are failing miserably. 😂

[@wllwll-zh7ig]

Thats the case with our entire country at the hands of sinister politicians using taxpayers money for media control, intimidation, bribery, hush money, extortion, murder, and anything else to keep all the criminal activities in the dark. President D.J.Trump2024MAGA,Again!

[@TheGeosto]

If you don’t think they had more train derailments back then you’re a bit on the naive side.

[@barb8335]

Tracks need to be inspected. For this to be happening raises my suspicion that someone is up to no good

[@lynch6642]

I don't believe so, I believe this was on the axle or the tire, notice how none of the other cars did it? But still it could be some undermining happening, to me it looks like poor maintenance

[@miked7011]

Yeah the Rail road industry is too greedy to spend money on maintenance! They only get 45 seconds to inspect each rail car before takeoff. E Palestine's derailment was clearly a failed wheel bearing causing the axle to fail.

[@Sumermak]

@@lynch6642yeah it looked like it was swaying and maybe top heavy and was swaying too much to stay on the track. Maybe they go too fast?

[@bikboto-zx6my]

ANTIFA had trail derailment guides on their site

[@strawberryhellcat4738]

Railroad version of the DC-10 scandal.

[@batshtcrazy5293]

Yet another example of why you should try to NEVER buy or rent a house near train tracks. Something is seriously amiss with the rails these days, and especially certain companies traveling on them.

[@stephanroeshink9479]

In Europe and China the rails are straight like an arrow, here it looks like spaghetti

[@silverblue73]

If not direct sabotage, the most likely cause is age and neglect

[@robertkast9299]

I lived for twenty years next to train tracks. Never had a problem...STILL to this day. Not one train has run off the tracks. We are under attack people. Be ready.

[@petera5560]

@@silverblue73 Greed and not being punished for all the damage they cause. Look at the tires that 18 wheeler just let go all over the road, they do that because of greed too, they don't care who gets hurt or whose car gets damaged from tire debris. Tires and the metal inside makes them very dangerous, they can cut things up.

[@FirstLast-qm1no]

@@robertkast9299 There are 1700 derailments a year this is nothing new.

[@xavierfelix2567]

@ 1:23 safety is not their #1 priority!! PROFIT IS THEIR #1 PRIORITY

[@peterebel7899]

infrastructure is not an American thing ....

[@awho33]

When are they going to realize nobody believes the words that come out of their mouths

[@joeschlotthauer840]

All hazardous rail cars should be doubled hulled like truck gasoline tankers, and have GPS locators for constant tracking. Looking the rail car up through it's GPS locator should also give you the material contents.

[@BossSpringsteen69]

Actually, your concern was somewhat answered years ago. They have tags on them that have batteries to power the transmitter which transmits the car data to a wayside reader . I doubt any at all, or if a few transmit via GPS. The tags can possibly detach during a derailment so, exclusively relying on GPS might be an issue. Us as the train crew are required to have more than one copy of the train report for incidents just like this to show to emergency responders. Tank cars like the one in East Palestine were double hulled which slowed a progression of the initial fire according to the NTSB.

[@conrioakfield414]

One question I have yet to see answered by the news media. Who owns the tracks and is responsible for their upkeep?

[@pk7ghalm23]

Privately owned by the company my friend.

[@fierykilljoy5921]

its Norfolk southern I would think its not a government owned track as far as I know the us government doesn't own any track in the U.S.A.

[@conrioakfield414]

@@fierykilljoy5921 There are third party owners. CSX for example owns a significant amount of track nation wide.

[@conrioakfield414]

@@pk7ghalm23 The State owns the Old Panhandle Route. As far as I can find, however, CSX owns the rest. To the best of my knowledge, NS does not own tracks. Cheaper to rent usage than maintain the tracks.

[@patricksmith407]

331 miles

[@seanplace8192]

Rail companies are making record profits every year. Part of that reason is because they're putting off maintenance. This is the result of that.

[@scratchgaming111]

What a most normal train ride in Ohio

[@jaredmendoza641]

Dude this is serious, don't make jokes about Ohio.

[@richdavis7621]

I think if safety was there number one priority, they wouldn't be having these derailments in the first place!

[@badgercdlyons]

But they said their derailments, wait, their "main line" derailments have been declining. See, you just have to slice the pie in a different way and split hairs until they come out looking less bad.

[@TONEakaSHOW]

Sooo I guess I'm the only one that caught them say it was "empty tankers full of harmful gas" how can something be empty and full at the same time 🤔

[@tomgiorgini9154]

go put a flame to an empty gas can and tell me how you make out, are you really that dumb

[@TONEakaSHOW]

@@tomgiorgini9154 THEN IT IS NOT EMPTY DUMMY, LOOK UP WHAT EMPTY MEANS!!! Do you need a link to the dictionary I can grab one for you!?

[@tomgiorgini9154]

@@TONEakaSHOW yes I need a dictionary to find out what an ita is dolt

[@TONEakaSHOW]

@@tomgiorgini9154 love how you deleted your ignorant azz comment, you're so soft 😁

[@tomgiorgini9154]

@@TONEakaSHOW go do something to further your intelligence, how's lighting that empty gas can going for you

[@BubbleoniaRising]

The spokesperson who says "safety is our number one priority" is clearly out of the loop. Safety is, at best, the number two priority *after* profit because profitability is the metric by which management prove their value to the board and the shareholders.

[@NukaCola6962]

I say the cause was from the track or from one of the wheel sets on the trains cars seen at the beginning of the video

[@lynch6642]

Ditto, notice how none of the other cars derailed at that spot, probably tired not grease properly earlier

[@sooz9433]

I wonder if there could be any kind of sabotage in these accidents or if it is all neglect.

[@GT-mc9eg]

Neglect or the government trying to poison their citizens

[@bikboto-zx6my]

ANTIFA had train derailment guides on their site.

[@chrisfurius]

Stop wondering, its neglect.

[@lenoxxlens]

Both

[@silverblue73]

could be both

[@julesbower762]

The people of Ohio, allow the traitor 'Jordan' to represent them. This is God's will, his punishment.

[@wllwll-zh7ig]

This is not "GOD'S will," its negligence, cutting corners. Not paying qualified employee's. Taking advantage of xiden's border invasion and exploiting illegal immigrants as cheap dependable workers to avoid extremely high costs for workers compensation and insurance costs. Huge corporations are notoriously corrupt and show no employee appreciation. They take advantage of immigrants and support the politicians who created the problem for citizens. Im appalled by the complete lack of American integrity these major corporations are basking in. MAGA,A in 2024!

[@shanehorton7651]

Just pointing this out. A Train pulling around 200 cars is roughly around 2 miles long and could be longer. This train had 220 ish cars and was 2.5 miles long. Now imagine how much weight and push and pulling forces that makes.

[@rightsideofthegrass8114]

And...?

[@shanehorton7651]

@@rightsideofthegrass8114 then

[@tevlargaming5440]

Like how no one is looking at the length of BNSF and CSX freight trains lmao

[@ajlacostewm]

In Texas the tracks are inspected by a crew that actually travels on the tracks ahead of a long train to remove debris, objects and trespassers who maybe too close to the tracks. I thought this was common practice across the country.

[@r.pres.4121]

Texas has its own government agency called the Railroad Commission and this is one of their responsibilities.

[@darrellcook8253]

Every state that has rail lines needs to do this. A national security and health risk is what would happen otherwise. Railway lines connect America with America.

[@BossSpringsteen69]

Yes, they do this but, not necessarily just for long trains. What you described sounds more like a less than class one railroad and more like a regional railroad. The class ones are required to inspect the rails often. Not that that catches everything.

[@USMC-1911]

They do in Ohio to at least around were I live

[@LCarrTXn]

@@r.pres.4121 the Texas railroad commission has zero jurisdiction over railroads in Texas.

[@bsrcat1]

It's unusual for this to happen in one area this close together but it is not unusual on a nationwide scale. It should be but it's not. Republicans want to deregulate industries such as "rail transport" and let them "self regulate". Understand that regulations are only brought about after something happens. They are put there to improve or make a standard so that there isn't a future accident. Industry can never regulate itself. Why? Because industry is more worried about profit than safety and will only ever do what it has to do because any investment is a loss of profit. So why are Republicans pushing for deregulation? Because of lobbyists from industry donating to politicians or a party. Is cheaper for the railroad to make millions in donations than to spend billions on improvements. We are talking about an industry that has made seven hundred billion dollars in profits last year. Those millions spent a lot of money are a drop in the bucket and an acceptable loss for the cost of doing business. So why don't you hear more about these trail derailments Nationwide that go into the hundreds every year? Because the railroad is one of the largest shareholders in every single news organization...CNN, FOX, MSNBC... You can understand that they only care about themselves and profit. Let's do another exercise...in polotics. Voters/supporters/donations...lets get rid of the ethics committees (let the poloticians self regulate). Lets demonize law enforcement and the justice system (get rid of EPA regulations and downsize the agency). Lets control what people see, how they see it and where they see it (Propaganda, fox news). Lets control what they know (education, Florida and removal of facts from history). Lets make sure no one is held accountable (politicians who are in violation of the law, obstruct, lie, subvert, sedition, insurrection, campaign violations, embezzlement, false representation, false identity, suppression of constitutional rights). Then the icing on the cake remove any threat by the court by getting them in their pocket (aka: bribing, aka "donations". Why exactly does an appointed Justice to the supreme Court accept donations when they have a lifetime appointment and it's not an elected position? Its a bribe and little-known fact is that you cannot bring any charges against any Justice for any reason, that sits on the supreme court.). So there ya go. The GOP panties are showing because these train derailments are structured the same as..., regulated, enforced, maintained, and rigged the same as the GOP so there is no accountability, the peasants pay for it and they are making that money...by any means necessary. Swampier now than it ever was before. Remember that when you decide to vote for the GOP.

[@TB-cq3zj]

What BS, safety is our main priority, that fella speaks like a congressman, their ONLY priority is money, I bet they’re fighting tooth and nail to avoid spending a dollar to help the people affected by their derailments.

[@intrstn]

Can’t even have a proper railroad in Ohio

[@RevTox]

Finally, they show some actual footage of what happened. Too bad it was a tiny little clip of it that doesn't show how it happened.

[@lokimyers8750]

That one was minor compared to the one in East Palestine

[@lesliejackson7133]

They got lucky that time! Especially the guy in the car filming 😳

[@bikboto-zx6my]

Be the guy filming was part of the sabotage

[@markg7030]

The driver put that car in reverse. Good move.

[@lesliejackson7133]

​@@bikboto-zx6my that would be a great way to get yourself caught

[@lesliejackson7133]

​@@markg7030 PDQ

[@joeschlotthauer840]

100 to 200 car trains is not unusual. Do they know the cause?

[@TheNordicReclaimer]

I can already smell the OHIO comments from the other side of the planet 💀

[@Miata822]

The second white car has already derailed in the first frame of the video above. Would be interesting to see a few seconds earlier.

[@pennybailey6359]

🙏 just fix the tracks and cameras for tampering terrorist activities 😖

[@T-KEG]

If history teaches us anything it's that infrastructure once installed should last forever. If it teaches us two things it's that previous generations put safety procedures and inspections in place to waste money and time and we need to cut that back and then be totally confused by catastrophic failures.

[@darrellcook8253]

Well put. I'm not totally confused, I'm selectively confused. It took me a long time to get where I'm not. History is being made now. Act like you want to be remembered in a good light.

[@BoleDaPole]

Yea well President Biden tried to implement a infrastructure spending bill but it was rejected by the Republicans. Maybe stop voting red and you'll get progress.

[@awho33]

I heard they aren't letting private toxicologists into that area to test... Wonder why that is

[@Livetoeat171]

Because it's too toxic to allow their highly educated technicians to risk their lives

[@darrellcook8253]

Discovery is to be disowned. Discovery is to be avoided. Discovery am bad. Bad bad bad. Testing leads to discovery. Hmmm. Not too hard to figure out is it?

[@lenoxxlens]

These are attacks.. just feel like it’s something odd.. How is this happening once a week?

[@CaptRR]

Seems like allot of this is happening due to axel failures. Perhaps rolling stock should be fitted with a rotation counter and require an overhaul after a certain amount of miles. The automated heat checks are fine but it seems like by the time the system detects a hot wheel it’s already too late.

[@stevenfoxer947]

How many derailments are we going to get?

[@davkatjenn]

Safety is certainly not Norfolk Southerns main concern, nor is it the concern of any big company. That is why regulations with hard core enforcement are essential.

[@badger7275]

Am I the only one that’s thinks this many accidents within a short period of time seem suspicious

[@BNSF1833]

Not at all, I'm completely with you.

[@henryblanton6992]

The Rail Beds more than likely haven’t had a more thorough Inspection, it may be time to update the Rail Ties, by replacing the old wooden ties with Concrete Ties and re-level the Ballast Stones/Gravel Beds. I’ve seen too many Railcars Swaying through Rail Crossings.

[@jackysfilmstudio]

this is a joke. they in ohio what do u expect?

[@spaceflight1019]

This video, along with the train wreck scene in "The Fugitive" serve as cautionary tales as to why you should never be too close to a moving train.

[@johnuhelski8613]

TRAINS ARE TOO LONG !!! . Pure and simple physics ! Tonnage first , safety last !

[@kellikelli4413]

BTW - testing for dioxins means testing for the smoke - Shouldn't they be testing for other chemicals (specifically the ones these trains are transporting)⁉️ YES is the correct answer ....

[@justinkrasnodemsky829]

only in ohio XDD

[@MelioraCogito]

200 cars at approx 60 ft length each is a 12'000 ft long train-more than 2.27 miles (>3'650 m). Let that sink in. Imagine being a train conductor or engineer and having to walk the entire train length (twice)-from head-end to tail and tail to head-end-to inspect the train for faulty equipment. And now the railways want to go to single person crews. Absurd. Single person crews have worked well in Europe (for the most part) because European railways-notwithstanding the infrastructure being predominantly state-owned throughout the EU and well maintained-have mandatory positive train control systems (a train that runs a danger (red) signal, is forced to stop automatically by train traffic control (TTC)) and they're limited in length to about 750 m (2'460 ft or less than 1/2 a mile … ~50 cars). Signal blocks are also shorter (typically

[@michellem4287]

Citizens United did this. Corporations are not people and they spend more lobbying than they would to comply with regulations. Fines should be equal to a year's profits. Make them HURT!

[@Real_MrMeme]

On.y in ohio💀💀💀💀💀

[@mikewallace119]

These derailments are not coincidences .. Done by design... NS says safety is number one? If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you and it's slightly used ...

[@joshdenton611]

one day someone will get smart enough to augment the 1800's style transportation system to use hot mix asphalt in a valley v-shaped pattern to keep such derailments at the top of a crest of loose gravel, cracked concrete, or rotted timber from being a likely culprit. It's simple physics y'all.

[@ianmorris7485]

Another example of how American railroads prioritise profit over safety by cutting maintenance to an absolute minimum. Funny how overseas railroads can manage zero at-fault derailments in a year.

[@truth2power463]

Hey Ohio, if Trump runs on deregulation again, vote for him. It seems to be working out really well for y'all.

[@id10t98]

There's no way deferred maintenance has anything to do with all these derailments. American companies are all about doing the right thing and employee safety.🙄😶

[@MGZetta]

Blame it on sabotage and jail a random person. It's much cheaper than inspecting and regulating. Lmao.

[@danielfalcon450]

If the trucking industry is regulated to the hilt why not the railroad industry ?

[@lynch6642]

Strong unions, sometimes these trains back up traffic for 45 minutes, and no one ever answers to it

[@markg7030]

Politics. Funding. Lobbying. Power. Control. Greed.

[@karlrovey]

Because the trucking industry causes far more damage in a year than the railroads do. Even so, rail workers are subject to many of the same restrictions as truckers.

[@vicranger6876]

Those who ordered the burn off , puncture of sealed tankers, those who actually did what they were told , those who tried to coverup and then lie about the willful disregard for all human life and those in government who ignored the massive contamination, need to be charged with 2nd degree murder and attempted murder of everyone within 800 miles of the town.

[@c_lo01]

DEF is toxic asf. None of this is on accident. Wake tf up people. Hello?!

[@jekku4688]

"Must go faster...must go faster...." This stuff has GOT to stop. This is NUTS.

[@BunkerSquirrel]

It’s time to make American rail public again!

[@Boomhauer333]

Right near the bodies of water... nothing suspicious, right?

[@batmanofyoutube8820]

They gonna keep doing this until this land isn’t habitable.

[@MH-tg4jt]

I won't feel safe until I know they burned it.

[@jamestyndall529]

Where's Erin Brockovich when you need her?

[@GhostShadow1030]

Sabotage?

[@marshalljulie3676]

By who the company?

[@joannmicik1924]

I'm beginning to wonder about sabotage.

[@Big-Government-Is-The-Problem]

you'd think basic rail maintenance would be cheaper than the billions in lawsuits that this company likely faces now. i guess its the same logic as a small business owner risking not having insurance and hoping they can make some cash and retire without anything going wrong.

[@strawberryhellcat4738]

Large corporations do cost analysis studies to determine if it's cheaper to pay wrongful death, injury, and damage lawsuits or to correct the problem. For instance, Ford and GM are notorious for doing cost analysis on the Ford Pinto gas tank and GM steering column failures.

[@OnlyMichaelSparrow]

I mean the tracks been in use for awhile.

[@Ultra_Adrian27]

It’s because the train is from Ohio

[@horny99845]

It’s getting to the point I don’t want to operate NS models trains on my layout I feel bad for the poor folks in East Palestine Ohio What they did to them really sucks

[@TheSuperStarCarWash]

My train set is based on Norfolk Southern too. It is not their fault they're under attack it is called economic warfare... If you are into trains you know they simply do not derail and are extremely Safeways of transportation.

[@resonantstorm771]

​@@TheSuperStarCarWash The Bureau of Transportation Statistics records 54,539 train derailments between 1990 to 2021, an average of 1,704 per year. So idk what you're talking about.

[@omarthomas3784]

What you got for sale playa

[@BoleDaPole]

The people of East Palestine voted for Tr*mp, this is karma.

[@horny99845]

@@BoleDaPole what about those who voted for Biden who live in East Palestine?

[@shanehorton7651]

This train was going around 35 mph. I live right next to csx and Norfolk southern tracks so I can usually tell how fast they are going being around then every day

[@rd264]

rec you start wearing a big helmet

[@g11rfe87]

looks like joe biden's presidency

[@cindylandry7856]

Rails need to be inspected more Often than not, especially carrying toxic materials and 200 some odd cars at once. Once their profits get hit, you would think they would be more prudent.

[@avatarwarmech]

It's not the fact that the railroads need to be inspected they do but you don't think how we're helping Ukraine you don't think there's agents of Russia over here waiting where that we don't know about think about it have you ever heard about this many train derailments in a month you really don't think they have agents over here it's like we're sending equipment over to Ukraine

[@nnekalayne9134]

This is odd is someone doing this intentionally

[@soni8995]

No, Trump deregulated safety rules and bragged about it.

[@OrtusMallum2075]

​@@soni8995 already been determined that was not the cause. Stop pushing fake news and find a cure for your TDS....

[@sethisevilone02]

​@@soni8995 wrong we haven't updated our infrastructure since the CIVIL WAR It's every president fault for not fixing it

[@phredphlintstone6455]

@@soni8995 no. The greedy heads of the company are slacking off on maintenance. The big hint is, it's all one train line. If it was the result of deregulation, why is it only the one company? Shouldn't it be a more universal problem if it was from deregulation?

[@salex9482]

@@soni8995 Misinformation

[@mikeellis7286]

Jim Jordan will have all details live at 5.

[@gregoryprang5098]

Everyone should have a dashcam

[@jasonfoster9118]

Anybody know if the conductor survived? Haven't heard a thing about him/her

[@BoleDaPole]

Him/her/they/them It's 2023, have some respect.

[@upandabove567]

was the railroad car with the defected bearing owned by N and S ?

[@lynch6642]

I don't think so, I think the train companies just provide engines, they are not responsible for the cars maintenance

[@adambussert3383]

@@lynch6642 no the train companies own the train cars too . I used to deliver to the Selkirk CSX train yard. The wheels have to be regularly replaced. That’s really the only maintenance the train cars need.

[@Leo-gt1bx]

These seem more like sabotage

[@KaiserBlade]

Pothole Pete has a $16 BILLION budget. What has he spent on train safety?

[@mopthermopther]

45 cents

[@theJamesexpress]

Only in Ohio the trains want too be cars bro

[@johnlouis7695]

Four in only five months is why Head of Transportation Pete B. has to go and it needs to be done right now !!

[@markg7030]

Both parties are responsible. What should he do stop all rail transportation for inspections and upgrades? The rich and powerful won't allow it.

[@SirCavemaninthewest]

Only in Ohio 🤦‍♂️

[@ghostboogie]

How many derailments does this make for this year????

[@nathanjplatt]

There's hundreds every year look up stats

[@nickcellini5609]

The CEO of Norfolk Southern Railroad should NOT be testifying. The head of the NTSB(National Traffic Safety Bureau) should, since they are the ones who conduct the investigations into train derailments and crashes. They are the ones who WILL make a determination as to the cause !!!

[@personified5102]

Knowing the way these railroads operate, they will blame the engineers and operators.

[@peterebel7899]

infrastructure is not an American thing ....

[@frankernest3712]

“No threat to public health”. Just like last time, right?

[@LiutenantOfArtemis]

Ohio be like:

[@TheCJHUES]

blackwater

[@GilmerJohn]

Well, Hazmat material of some sort is almost a daily haul. After a few months, the government(s) and their administrators will start to ignore it.

[@dougcarroll9623]

Profit

[@karenhuff5045]

These trains need to slow down when going through towns should be a law

[@HoneyBadger80886]

Easy fix. I like it. Thx