‘Over and over again’: Gravel train derailment in Manor raises safety concerns

[@DS-nv8bi]

I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

[@StevieWonder737]

If you build your home next to the railroad, you expect noise and you might see a derailment once or twice in a lifetime.

[@JayNC1971]

yah but not once a week.

[@RmsTitanic59]

This country is a trainwreck

[@leadslinger49]

They were up grading. It's just a new way to spread ballast.

[@hkr321hkr]

Nobody will say we are under attack from within. So I must say it. This is not normal. I've lived next to tracks my entire 45 years of life. Never a derail, ever.

[@j887276]

Politicians bought and paid for through capitalist driven corporate greed. Nothing new, it's the "American way" 🤷‍♂️

[@golfer963]

If a trucking company had As many wricks as the railroad company has they would shut the doors down on them.

[@FFKDTP1]

Trucking companies regularly have crashes been keep being an over sensitive pansy

[@HipHopJunky]

They have more 🙄

[@golfer963]

OK local people go get you some free gravel.

[@jermaineartis45]

Maybe truck companies Getting upset Because putting everything on trains Maybe putting them out of work.

[@pjford1118]

Out of curiosity, how long have the train tracks been there? Do they predate the homes? If so I think the people are in the wrong. If the tracks were there, and not hidden, the people bought their homes knowing a track was there. Its a different thing if they bought their homes and a track appeared.

[@aaronb4936]

If you go back in history long enough… you’ll find that the tracks being there IS the reason the town was even developed in the first place. Or canals/waterways but more commonly railroads

[@HipHopJunky]

Most of the time, tracks are there before the towns. It’s harder to build tracks right down the middle of town and city’s that are already developed cause of land rights. And… most towns popped up cause of freight traffic/business.

[@virgilpalmer2427]

Rail safety is poor because railroaders can't strike for better safety. Airline pilots can strike for better safety. That's why you seldom see planes crash. And see trains derailments every day...

[@frostycools1315]

lol safety is poor cos trump removed the safety regulations that enforced speed and safety checks , but biden just reintroduced new legislation to get it back with any luck the repugs will support the bill but unlikely

[@KB-nt7eg]

This is completely false and a terrible comparison. Over 1000 trains derail per year and over 1000 planes crash per year. It has nothing to do with strikes. And I'm not making a comparison to say either is okay. I'm simply showing the fact that you just made up information.

[@golfer963]

Well, don't you think it's kinda strange with the government? 1st, it was the C-19. Foods and goods that stuck out there on barges out in the ocean. Then the food Processing. plants have started burning and the warehouses. Now we get trained derailments. Make you think.

[@wayneakins7850]

Lack of rail maintenance

[@kepler186f4]

Deregulation protects profits, regulations protect people.

[@Camodeep7583]

Why are all these train derailments happening back to back

[@DS-nv8bi]

derailments are not a new thing hearing about them is new. the tracks are older and older without replacement and train crews are down from 3 or 4 to only 2 crew on a train there is talk the company wants to have 1 person running a train that is twice as long as the tracks 100 years age were made to handle

[@Yabuturtle]

Looks like this is all done on purpose like with all the food plants that mysteriously got destroyed.

[@HipHopJunky]

🙄 people finding out train derailments are a common thing….

[@tex-hogger4974]

Those tracks have been there for close to a 100 years. You live, buy, or move near railroad rights of way you are going to have to deal with the noise. It's like any other business out there, do more with less, and do just enough to get by.

[@olivertaylor8788]

Operater error,

[@billhillyer334]

Government need to step in

[@jamesharrison6201]

And how many of the accidents involved idiots trying to beat the train at the intersection. 100% of those are the car drivers fault.

[@1940limited]

At least it was just gravel.

[@JayNC1971]

Maybe they need to do a federal regulation on the speed limit, maybe they are going way to fast and causing to jump off track.

[@frostycools1315]

they had one till trump removed it at the railroads request and 2 million dollar campaign donation

[@woods840]

And biden gave it to his comrades in Ukraine.

[@ArtStoneUS]

Omg! Killer gravel!

[@dondobbs9302]

OMG/\ the 1st ignorant comment.

[@kingdomsbricks4762]

@@dondobbs9302Omg! The first stupid response!!

[@jamisonbernhardt3310]

L

[@dailyStoic641]

I want you to keep that humor when you’re in the bread line

[@hkr321hkr]

Cyclone bomb gravel river

[@mikewoodbury7248]

Time to bring back Conrail. Maybe the railroad should be nationalized?? Just saying Conrail was very successful!

[@mikewoodbury7248]

Divide eastern and western railroads. Merge CSX with NS and UP and BNSF together might be on to something!

[@yeetus6952]

​@@mikewoodbury7248 yes

[@mikewoodbury7248]

Honestly it will help with maintaining mainlines and keeping up with rail car maintenance. Along with more efficient transport options.

[@mikewoodbury7248]

Look at Amtrak deemed a failure at the beginning still doing good today.

[@AQuietNight]

@@mikewoodbury7248 Amtrak has accidents.

[@oldfarmshow]

🤦‍♂️

[@caseynaton8927]

God forbid a train derailment happens post-EP. This would’ve been a 20 second news clip if that never happened. Quit blowing it out of proportion.

[@weldonparmley8147]

Dingy reporter

[@The_Reckoning_Is_Here]

is anyone protecting the american people?

[@KB-nt7eg]

What? You're expecting some hero? This sheep mindset is the reason this is still going on.

[@The_Reckoning_Is_Here]

@@KB-nt7eg they could implement regulations like updating the brakes. since this is derailment number 3 in under a month

[@Q8Bart]

Too heavy trains replace wood sleepers to concrete ones 😉

[@droolalot5795]

This is what less regulation and less government looks like. You voted for it, you got it

[@BadlandNP]

Track maintenance is 'regulated' by the FRA. This is what corrupt and incompetent companies do.

[@_Clayton.Bigsby_]

Less government? The government's probably bigger than it's ever been... There's just way less competence in government.

[@BadlandNP]

@@_Clayton.Bigsby_ Absolutely!

[@forestdweller512]

🤡🤡🤡

[@DS-nv8bi]

this is what paying off regulation, and government that is in place looks like