Video shows sparks or flames 20 miles before train derailment in East Palestine

The video is raising questions about when the crew knew there was a problem.

[@michelleayres5608]

This was what the RR workers were complaining about. Not enough crew for safety. Chickens come home to roost.

[@trainfan4449]

how so, there was 3 crew members on the train, and thats 1 more than required by the FRA.

[@mayormccheeze5951]

@@trainfan4449the 3rd crew member was likely a CT or LET. Not the norm.

[@trainfan4449]

@@mayormccheeze5951 norm or not, 2 crew members is whats required by the FRA, and this train had more than that. I'm just pointing out the flaw in OPs comment.

[@epiccsx]

@@mayormccheeze5951 From a source on KZbin it was a CT

[@michelleayres5608]

@@trainfan4449 Just saying. Corporate profits have put safety on the back burner. People have lost their jobs making safety complaints to no avail. If it's not this disaster, there will be another one.

[@fastchichi1076]

blaming the crew instead of norfolk southern execs is insane

[@mirandastephens4586]

What's the purpose of the crew if not to ensure the safety of the vehicle? To sit around collecting a union paycheck?

[@mattgreenlee3332]

@Aki Hiiva lmao I think Russia is more capable than this clown country

[@jesseblack6088]

@@mirandastephens4586 you’re an idiot. The industry standard for Carmen inspecting rail cars WAS 3 minutes per car, now it’s 90 seconds. There also used to be a length limit on trains, not anymore. It’s like the railroad industry is just deleting all of the rules. And on top of that, they’re trying to cut staff after they’ve been making money hand over fist. Shame on you for the way you think bro.

[@clemfandango2930]

Which specific norfolk southern execs were directly involved in the inspection and maintenance of the rail car or ignoring alarms on the train at the time? Your comment sounds like it was written by a 13yr old child.

[@JayzeVo17]

@@clemfandango2930 All of 'em. Norfolk SOuthern has been cutting maintenance to the bone.

[@akula9713]

Lack of maintenance, maintenance costs money. Profit comes first. The people in the area will suffer for the rest of their lives. Compensation? Nah. Profit comes first. Accountability? Nah.

[@Jo-yp8wy]

This needs to be upvoted more. It's being covered up.

[@spoils2873]

I’ve watched the last 3 shows on Fox News and they all covered the story

[@bradhombre6912]

Who's covering up what exactly? Every major news network has reported about the derailment and the cause is under investigation, but I see lots of comments claiming that no one is talking about it. I'm confused by all these comments.

[@tmrabanus]

East Palestine made the mistake of being majority white. They are on their own

[@akosv96]

@@bradhombre6912 nobody is covering the amount of destruction this causes to the surrounding area. Animals are dying in days if not hours even. All fish are dead,meaning its in the groundwater and down the second biggest river in USA. The intentional burning and drilling of the tankers to "controllably release" the vinyl chloride is pure malice. They either don't know what they are doing or this is the biggest catastrophy the evil cabal has caused since 9/11. This chemical if ignited makes a nerve agent. Theres mustard gas in the air also which is heavier than air, causing it to linger in pits and basements. Unsuspecting people will walk into a death trap if they don't know.

[@ilikecinema1234]

@@bradhombre6912 They aren't talking about the fact that this "controlled explosion" was done with people still in the radius and the fact that they were evacuated after. Or the fact that this is going into the Ohio River a major water supply, and it also killed lots of cattle. All I have NOT seen on mainstream media

[@yclept9]

The crew finds out when a trackside detector tells them about it. Trackside detectors are located here and there but not densely. They also check for wide load, high impact wheel, etc. Sometimes the crew will miss the report and then the dispatcher will tell them about it and require that they stop and investigate. Almost always it's urgent enough to stop and drop the faulty car off at a siding by policy but not urgent urgent.

[@juliaweber212]

Dumb dumb

[@BigAlFPV17]

Well in this case, from what I'm hearing, the hot box detector picked up that locked axle. Something like that has to be set out. No question. The two places where they could of dropped that car off was either in Leetonia or Columbiana (CP Lum) depending on what track they were on. The Chief Dispatcher told them to keep going. If that's the case, that person will be held responsible. But we'll have to see what the NTSB finds when the full report comes out

[@yclept9]

@@BigAlFPV17 The drill is to stop and investigate, then decide what to do. If it's moveable, slow roll everything to where it can be set out. The dispatcher would need that investigation information first too. It looks like this was in the process of being information relayed but a stop had not yet happened.

[@donnaleist698]

Only 3 people manning the train & one was a trainee

[@BigAlFPV17]

@@donnaleist698 Normally its only 2 running the train. The 3rd was a trainee

[@volkardlokisson6292]

Preventative maintenance could have prevented this. Who gave the order to cut back on maintenance on this line? Who was responsible for setting the policies in place that could have stopped this from happening. Hint: the rail workers just tried to strike over working conditions.

[@kelleychilton2524]

Bingo!!! 👍

[@nathankisner8332]

Good question. I sometimes work at a place that rebuilds the chemical tank railcars. I don't know if they union. I don't think they are but they have some good stories about surprises inside the tanks. They are told what is in them and how to neutralize the contents but sometimes mistakes are made and they catch fire and blowup. Safety and security is very high.

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

This all originates with one person...Hunter Harrison. He's the one who came up with PSR, and that is why NS and all the other Class 1 railroads have been doing the last five years. Basically slash costs to make quick profits from an industry that was built for the long term. Unfortunately Hunter died while running CSX into the ground. It would have been grand for him to be held accountable.

[@jangidgetgillihan3775]

Good hint!

[@planetcave]

The entire country has derailed a long time ago.

[@TheRoland444]

yes........................big time

[@OneAdam12Adam]

You sound like a Russian Disinformation Troll Farm.

[@Guy-Mann]

This society is collapsing. Social trust is nonexistent on the large scale. The rich and powerful at the top allow terrible things to happen to those at the bottom. It's called anarcho-tyranny. But soon will simply become anarchy as hundreds of wounds like these finally bring down the beast wholesale.

[@coolworx]

Doesn't have to be that way. We have the numerical power to eradicate the bloated parasites. We just need the gumption.

[@marisanya]

No maintenance of infrastructure, exactly one of the railroad unionists' talking points.

[@peterstedman6140]

And people will fall over backwards to avoid coming to terms with that.

[@rambogoham1]

Bootlickers will go to the ends of the world to defend billionaires that lobbied the federal government over brake systems years ago.

[@Guy-Mann]

Too bad Biden threatened them all with jail time to make them shut up and get back to work.

[@peterstedman6140]

@@Guy-Mann Yep. To be fair, Trump would not have been any better. Both sides are in the pocket of big business.

[@Guy-Mann]

@peterstedman6140 Well Trump would have talked a big game and ultimately have been toothless to do anything in the face of the uniparty, which by their hatred of him, he is at least provably not in with the club. But yes the republicans are in the pocket of the democrats, who are in the pocket of big international business, who are in the pocket of (or perhaps just share the same pair of pants with) the WEF/NATO/the grand coalition of evil.

[@Guydebute]

Some execs need to be dealt with. Same with the people who helped coverup the whole thing.

[@kelleychilton2524]

You can also point the finger at your President, Creepy Joe Biden. Late last year he refused to deal with the concerns of the railroad workers and forced them to continue working against their contractual right to strike. These were some of the issues that the workers wanted to address but weren't given the chance to do so because Creepy Joe didn't want to cause problems in an economy that was already starting to go downhill.

[@kend7597]

I believe some crucifixions are in order

[@naughtiusmaximus830]

I would include all the media that tried to bury the story.

[@Guy-Mann]

Thank god. Someone speaking harsh words of true justice. The cattle whinging about bringing lawsuits almost deserve what they get. Heads must roll. And I don't mean figuratively or metaphorically or theoretically.

[@leafdesi5967]

White Noise Netflix 🎥 was a Pharaoh's warning or revelation of a method. Of course the movie mentions a book on the occult. No surprise there

[@hifijohn]

20 miles so if the train was going 40mph this was going on for half an hour.

[@mirandastephens4586]

I'm sure the crew was "busy"

[@rickiex]

@@mirandastephens4586 these fuking rail companies has min/max to maximized profits SO much that the employees are so thinned out and running on lack of sleep to make a paycheck. dont blame the crew, its clearly the corporations fault for deregulating rail safety laws and the structural security of these trains that are fault. the crew will probably get fired as sacrificial lambs and the corporation will make a "public" apology and continue doing the same shit until the next catastrophic accident. this has been the status quo for more than 3 decades now.

[@mrwiffler9942]

@@mirandastephens4586 On their phones.

[@jackoliver7506]

@@mirandastephens4586 u don't know bimbo

[@hifijohn]

@@mirandastephens4586 busy sleeping

[@BurritoFarmer46]

Railroads have special track geometry inspection trains that tests the functionality of wayside detectors with special railcars that can mimic a hotbox. Who knows how long ago that kind of train tested all the wayside detectors along this line.

[@mayormccheeze5951]

The defect detector 20 miles west of East Palestine is a dragging equipment detector only. It doesn’t have the capability to scan for a hot box, but I’m sure after this, it will be receiving that upgrade.

[@JohnasLindell]

Terrible for the people in surrounding cities depending on the wind. "Forcing people from their homes for days" More like years. This stuff gets in the ground and water then into plants and cattle.

[@tortoiselover]

Usa is corrupt

[@jeffw6692]

Yea they’re already seeing fish and livestock deaths rising. This is likely gonna get REALLY bad.

[@missdeeva2266]

These people are never going home....superfund site in the making....

[@missdeeva2266]

Also the Ohio River supplies water to 6 states....alot of people are impacted by this

[@markh5268]

All that toxic cloud comes down as rain where people livestock and crops feed from. Then it goes out nationwide to unknowing customers who buy the meat/corn etc

[@DaveTheBigTomato]

INFRASTRUCTURE!!! This part of it folks.

[@ronnie5329]

Hello all living near this, you should all start a class lawsuit. Everything need to be tested for a long time

[@dr.tyrell7083]

Definitely a hot bearing. That will cause a derailment 100 percent of the time if not addressed immediately. Ns wayside detectors need to be checked by officials tho. I think they “adjust” them to keep the trains moving. Seen that first hand.

[@Th3M4larky]

Most likely a bearing / axle issue or thats what they tell us and could be something else. I've seen people try to put blame on trump because of a regulation cut back on specific brakes when brakes had nothing to do with the derailment. *facepalm*

[@ChristopherMarlowe]

The rail unions were striking in November/December over something called PSR. PSR is Precision Scheduled Railroading it means fewer crews, less maintanance, fewer days off, longer trains, and just general unsafe business practices all in the name of keeping trains moving at all times to maximize profits Profits that were then taken by the hedge funds that own the railroad companies so that they can buyback their own stock which they have done at record rates cohencidentally ever since PSR became the common practice in the last 5 - 10 years depending on railroad company On February, 3rd a train heading from Illinois towards Conway station ran over a sensor that detects heat on the train wheels and axles that told them their wheels were on fire. Instead of STOPPING and inspecting and repairing the damage the crew on the train was ORDERED by dispatch to keep going towards Conway SO FOR OVER 20 MILES UNTIL IT HIT EAST PALESTINE THE TRAIN WAS GOING 30+ MPH WITH ITS WHEELS MELTING AND THEY KNEW IT

[@wcoasttigger]

We do not know this, but it is definitely plausible.

[@donnaleist698]

BlackRock

[@TheRoland444]

@@donnaleist698 Blackrock rules in many ways.

[@ChristopherMarlowe]

@Nathaniel Shrock Is it wrong to assume that the hotbox detector worked the way it is supposed to?

[@kevinquicksall]

@@ChristopherMarlowe well in the current works, everyone would rather pass blame then accept their mistakes. This guy wants to defend the company that’s clearly known to cut corners and avoid cost. Stop the load and fix the issue ? Keep going and get paid ? Even if the sensors worked and their was audio from dispatch, this guy’d find any excuse to defend them. Nobody likes accountability

[@amyhartman6786]

What caused the cars to catch on fire? Maybe that needs to be looked into as well. Kinda suspicious for them to catch fire AND not trigger any alarms or alerts to the crew or stations.

[@hifijohn]

a defective wheel bearing caused it to overheat

[@mirandastephens4586]

They did trigger alarms.

[@VOTP]

Vinyl chloride starts to boil and vaporize at 8 degrees.

[@amyhartman6786]

@@mirandastephens4586 So they were ignored and crew knowingly kept rolling on flames anyway all while hauling hazardous materials?

[@kelleychilton2524]

@@amyhartman6786 No evidence of that, as yet. You're making assumptions that haven't been substantiated.

[@ContemporaryCompendium]

Idk why everyone is so concerned. The government and the experts said everything was safe and under control. And they'd "never" lie to the public.

[@tracybailey1516]

Of course not just because the byproduct is hydrochloric acid eventually doesn't mean it's not good for you.

[@kelleychilton2524]

Of course not. Corporate execs and the government officials would never lie to the commoners, just as they're lying in bed together.

[@ethanyager]

Thanks for firstly addressing the first talking point as to the WHY behind this whole train derailment. Most people just report “train fell over look at all these chemicals.”

[@R7300]

There's spots on the railroad that have almost 20 Miles between hot box detectors so it's believable the axle locked up and no one would have known. It's also allowed to have one out of service but not two consecutively.

[@DougGrinbergs]

Was wondering about defect detection systems days ago

[@paganriverview]

wasnt there a strike of workers complaining about safety and maintenence problems?

[@Mademoiselle_Co_]

That's not what they told the residence. That detector should have sounded before 20 miles, it is clear it happened 20 miles back in Salem. If it detects every 20 miles, the mileage is suspicious.

[@jaysonpida5379]

The train company is in a lot of trouble. Either the crew f-ed up or the detectors weren't working. Either way the train company is going to pay out A LOT of money. As it should. It'll be interesting to see how their lawyers will try to slither out of the responsibility.

[@mayormccheeze5951]

This wasn’t the crew’s fault. We can’t just ignore a critical alarm. Not only are we alerted of this but the dispatcher also gets a notification, as does the “wayside desk”, whose job is to monitor all wayside detectors for situations like this.

[@Poopsock14]

If the air is hooked up, the crew is not gonna know there’s a problem unless notified

[@matzrat5006]

The Taxpayer will pay, the CEO will run and the company will go insolvent, at least thats what happened in Canada, then the Prime Minister at the time, made the taxpayer pay. Will happen in this case also.

[@revolutionarydragon1123]

They payed 25G to the Town

[@kefkapalazzo1]

@@revolutionarydragon1123 insulting

[@drnutell]

The incompetence of officials and government is unbelievable.

[@TheReapersSon]

This wasn't incompetence. This was malicious intent.

[@kelleychilton2524]

@@TheReapersSon Corporate greed and government meddling.

[@SculptedCold]

They didn't get to the top of society and bank millions and comfy futures by being incompetent. Negligent sometimes maybe. The piled-up-coincidences and incompetence myths have to go.

[@dwightsmith5174]

Called Public/Private Partnership - Fascism. Also known as Build Back Better.

[@ilikecinema1234]

@@kelleychilton2524 No this is just the biggest attack on our food supply yet. A fucking dirty bomb

[@TinaMarie-qb5rq]

where’s the accountability for the company?! there’s no way this town is not going to suffer deaths if all of those fish died! why is not the company purchasing their homes so they can move somewhere safe?! it’s not their fault!

[@verifia]

the glowies forgot to get rid of one of the security cameras it seems

[@Art.Magick]

Why do none of the reports say if anyone was killed or injured in the crash?

[@scarygarrysg1903]

Do you feel your station should have covered this sooner?

[@williammcgeehan3424]

👉 You can see the covered hopper bouncing.

[@drewwilder5958]

The crew probably didn’t know anything was wrong. I’m a conductor, and the only way we know there’s something wrong With the train, is the equipment defect detectors. Once we hear the alarm, we have to stop and check it out

[@Shane-on5kh]

If the hot box detector is working it calls it out on the radio, mile 326, westbound, 412 axels, no defects, detector out. If it finds a hot axel it knows exactly where it is. They know what car, what axel, and what side is on.

[@jeffw6692]

How can something like this not be seen? I’m not putting the blame on any crew but how can anyone else not have seen that?

[@JustAFlyover]

Expert addressed this. Due to lack of personnel, workloads increased. Too many rail cars for the conductor to see the full train in mirrors. Every industry is lacking employees.

[@Traveler_007]

You can't see that far back. Blame precision schedule railroading for very long trains.

[@jimflagg4009]

They can't put sensors on the cars to measure the wheel bearing temps?

[@dennyfrontier]

Interesting. Was the heat detector box working? If so why didnt the operator stop the train

[@KristiLEvans1]

So, it was a detonation. Stop blaming the crew.

[@leavemealoneandgoaway]

no

[@hardybuzz3592]

I wonder how much farm land has been ruined for decades? I guess after all the food plants being destroyed, you know have to salt the earth. So to speak

[@pineapplepundit]

All going according to their plan.

[@hestheMaster]

Stuck brake or broken axle bearing on one side of a truck ( of a covered hopper) could easily cause this. You can see the on fire end of the car bouncing up and down ! Question is was the detector near Salem, OH working and if so why didn't the crew stop then to inspect the train? Did anyone in auto's that were stopped by the train see the flames ? Did anyone call the NS emergency phone number on the placard at every crossing? If so ,did NS call the train to tell them to stop and inspect it?

[@epiccsx]

There is a defect detector right in Salem, I railfan along that line (usually in Columbiana, a few miles east) and I usually hear it on my scanner when an eastbound train is coming.

[@hestheMaster]

@@epiccsx There is one in East Palestine that was just west of the derailment too but was too late for the crew to really do anything. Thank God they survived this mess when they did stop in emergency.

[@epiccsx]

@@hestheMaster Would have been interesting if I was down in Columbiana when that train come through, and seeing an axle sparking like that. If I do end up seeing something like that, I'm checking that crossing tag number and reporting it immediately lol

[@hestheMaster]

@@epiccsx You unfortunately would have been the only one as far as anyone can tell for now.

[@rebeccawayne1758]

If you watch the video the contents of the car are on fire, 3 distinct flames coming from the bottom out of the hopper doors. I agree the car looks like its derailed, but it shouldn't' have went that far without completely derailing. I shoved one 1/4 mile before and derailed 18 cars, but I was only going 2.2 mph, a frog caught me....I have so many questions now!

[@debbriggs5811]

wow great video

[@overtime6696]

The four-digit UN number on the side of the car is required by federal law and that number can be cross-referenced in the HazMat Safety guide to aid Fire & EMA response. These rail lines run through large cities and small towns all across America. The fault detector did its job and the crew may well have stopped the train ASAP; the DOT will pull all the data and come to a conclusion. The part I don't understand: you have about 110,000 - 120,000# of vinyl cloride in each car-- there are about ten cars of it. So, that comes to about 1,200,000# of the material and NO ONE thought that burning that amount of a toxin would be unsafe??? What in the world were they thinking?

[@gevowavemagnet]

Union Pacific Railroad has been pushing going from two, down to one crew member per train. Good luck with that, general public.

[@ElementofKindness]

Imagine pinching pennies that tight, that someone thinks one or two workers on an entire train is sufficient. Nothing exemplifies squeezing blood from a stone, than that policy.

[@anng.4542]

Good report from a mainstream news outlet.

[@SouthernRotors]

At first I thought a bad axle bearing but while it's hard to make out that looks like the cars brakes are locked.

[@KevinGarcia-ix6tz]

What happened with the report??

[@antoniogil3440]

Hey i live in Potries Valencia España how are you?

[@kingdommusic5456]

is mokay same as ok?

[@brianford4985]

It's the company's fault

[@shiningwhitelight9710]

Ok Congress do your jobs! Haul the big guys in! We want accountability & no scapegoats! 😠

[@calisthenicsfun7612]

What is a controlled blow up?

[@petedowns7183]

I noticed that they now have the one video showing the sparks........and the other one showing the flames shooting out from under the train car has disappeared. That's interesting......looks like someone is doing a favor for NS RR.

[@idahopotato5837]

We have train tracks crossing THROUGH property lines all over my county. Splitting lots in half. It would be nice to know the cargo.

[@haroldreardon8070]

I doubt anyone is going to tell what all they are hauling, trucks, railroads or airlines. As long as the product goes on through, it makes little to no difference. and for 99.99% of the people they do not understand, nor would they read the information, nor would they understand it nor know what to do with it. The .01% would be out there trying to stop every movement of anything to anyplace for any reason .

[@espada9]

The question all of the NPC drones are asking is where was Trump when this happened? Was this white supremacy or climate change?

[@kelleychilton2524]

Perhaps both LOL they'll have to blame it on one or the other .... or maybe it was a Chinese balloon?

[@quietlabour491]

It was the Putin's fault!!!lol

[@juliaweber212]

Why didn't they notify the other train coming

[@NellsStuff]

"Hotbox" or dragging equipment?

[@debbriggs5811]

thank you. hope they can do something about it but can't waste time.

[@michellecarr3776]

And no one called and reported that??!!! WHY

[@suzyseaweed9112]

Houston just had a derailment also.

[@OneAdam12Adam]

The fact that this can happen in the 21st Century is ASININE. Are we totally oblivious to reality? Unions want safety and were calling for improvements. CEOs choose to ignore.

[@rodritchison1995]

The security film shows a fire caused by a hot bearing (Hot Box). The lubricant on the bearings of the axle fails, causing the axle/wheel assembly to heat and burn. This can fracture the wheel to pieces, the axle to break or the wheel to fall off the axle. Wikipedia has a fine article titled "Hot Box" with a drawing. "IF" the train passed over a Hot Box Detector with this condition and "IF" the Detector were working, there would an automatic radio alert, telling the train crew which car was in trouble and the train would be stopped to allow the conductor to inspect. This is the straight scoop from a retired railroad signal maintainer/supervisor/electronic technician.

[@toddworthley8780]

IF the crew received Hot Box warning, what are the chances they were waiting for a second or 3rd Hot Box warning (just to confirm its real) due to all the "false" Hot Box warnings along the way? I'm asking because I have a long career in troubleshooting and false alarms are quite common in almost all industries. We make a machine to do the mundane tasks humans once performed but that machine doesn't have the intelligence to know it (self) has failed. People get "numb" to alarms when equipment is unreliable and gives off false alarms frequently. That was quite a blaze we saw the security video, meaning that Hot Box was in effect LONG before it reached this point.

[@madmax2069]

keep in mind, this footage is in IR, so what we're seeing is heat. nobody seen any flames or sparks from that wheel.

[@machstem6390]

They set it alight.

[@linejumper8204]

They were trying to make it to PA in order to secure govt funding for the eminent disaster but didn't quite get there. Points for effort.

[@KevinGarcia-ix6tz]

Why the reporter got arrest ??

[@mccormicktyler10]

Hand brake on or triple valve stuck very easy for kids to tie breaks when your stopped for meets even grown people mad because they have been blocked for days but in the end NS will blame the crew amd these 2 guys will take the blame

[@peterstedman6140]

And all the bootlickers will fall over themselves to blame the workers instead of the company and the system.

[@kelleychilton2524]

Unfortunately, that's probably the way it will go down. Easier to throw them under the bus than to correct the underlying issues. The workers wanted to strike over concerns like this, but potato-head Creepy Joe Biden wouldn't allow them to do so, he ordered them to continue working against their will and against their contractual right to strike. Now we're witnessing the results of his misguided interference. He couldn't take time to deal with the real issues, it was time for his diaper change instead.

[@KarmaFarma]

Norfolk southern another derailment in Michigan 3 hours ago

[@geggilishes5286]

This is why RFK Jr! He has over a thousand lawsuits for families who were affected by the oil spill. there was an investigation done and found out that they didn't put heat sensors on the train cars, which meant the engineer didn't know that there was an issue. They didn't put them on to save money.

[@coolworx]

Executives of Norfolk Southern need to be charged with felonies.

[@emansone]

This was the reason for the caboose.....you had a man in the rear of the train ......

[@captainraf4463]

Basically they left a handbrake on a car in the middle of the train and, either 1. Wheels Melted off due to them dragging brakes, Then railcar loses wheels & fails off the rails with every thing behind it following.

[@jimflagg4009]

Are we going to have to start putting Black Boxes on trains too?

[@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783]

WOAH! I thought they told us it was a train stopping from a vehicle being on the tracks, idk... What did they say the cause was at the start?

[@THE1STEBONYRAINFALL]

that was the Texas or South Carolina derailment this week with the truck...not the Ohio one

[@Greven64]

so other words it was done on purpose

[@Moesmakendehakker658]

just moments before they wanted to reenact the Netflix movie ´White Noise´

[@TheSuperStarCarWash]

This is no accident... It is sabotage to the highest degree.

[@danabreakforest1688]

Of ignoring safety concerns.

[@danabreakforest1688]

Of ignoring safety concerns.

[@ebotfu]

makes sense why rail wants to eliminate inspections. Almost wasted money fixing that thing before it was a total write-off

[@88Petry]

Goes to show they may as well go down to 1 man crews. 2 man + trainee in this situation and they still couldn't prevent it. Railroad gonna be hurting for $ now too, so they will be pushing 1 man crews even harder.

[@mayormccheeze5951]

How exactly could the crew have prevented this? They’re on the head end. The problem was a mile behind them at least. Please, educate me. How could they be responsible? 🤔

[@hajihabibiabudavid]

This should be bigger news.

[@motorcyclemichael2182]

Maybe a new maintenance staff is in order?

[@wfujay3946]

White Noise.

[@rodolfoaguilar2014]

Fire is fire dah

[@fishfire_2999]

2 people manning a 100 car train full of chemicals sounds like accident waiting to happen

[@michaelmyers00]

This reminds me of the new movie WHITE NOISE

[@mfgc2610]

Netflix movie "White Noise" filmed a year ago in "East Palestine" as perfect description of the actual event. Hmmm. Naw, couldn't be. Right? RIGHT???

[@chucofilms915]

They like fuck you guys weren’t supposed to see that 😅

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Watch out for the eyes in the sky LOL

[@orlandoayala3481]

I saw a movie with this exact scenario then wala it happens , Am I the only one that notices this ?

[@JuneBugSlim7]

It’s predicted programming this was a planned “event” by people at the highest level of government. Don’t be fooled, media is under their control to report whatever they need to control the masses. Movies are controlled by the same people. The chemicals were created by the same people doing the experiments in Germany they just turned into our congress, politicians and Hollywood directors, and priests, in disguise. They put these chems in your food and cause C word and other diseases that find big pharma. It’s an endless circle.

[@DJHeroMasta]

I just learned that traces of vinyl chloride can be found in cigarettes. Phew.....

[@scruffyscrubs5468]

It looks like a train car was on fire. I believe that there were too many train cars being hauled!

[@Brian-gx7yx]

Where did these chemicals come from? Where were the chemicals going? What are these chemicals used for? What was the cause of this derailment of the train? Who decided they chemical will be burned? Is the combination of these chemicals more severe than just one chemical isolated? Who said the air is SAFE? Who is paying for bottled water? How are property values effected? Is it safe to bath or shower? EPA falsely report the air was safe after 9/11 and many people have died and are dying

[@debbriggs5811]

Holy! So, alert should of came from a human somewhere. where all the RR workers or someone in community? very strange.

[@uprightfossil6673]

The most toxic chemicals do not require the most stringent safety measures. If they did this would have been avoided. The rest of what they are saying is part of the coverup.

[@knarftrakiul3881]

That would be sending out alarms. So they just ignored the alarm and kept on driving

[@fawn1273]

I don't believe a word of this. They knew with the first hotbox passed. This is just disgusting they way it's been handled .

[@daviddrum8877]

here is an idea tell me if i am a nut or dead on put an old caboose every 50 cars and 1 at end if train if over train if over a certian number of cars then put a spotter in each caboose if they see a problem radio ahead to the locomotive and tell them to stop

[@CUZ_2]

Could someone have manually applied the brake on the car at a stop. Its hard to believe that 3 crew members all missed this. I hope things aren't starting to resemble 2020 again. 👀

[@ez4me2sa]

The wheels melted off which caused the derailment. Horrible..

[@justjuanamany]

the trains are on fire because officials decided to burn the chemicals. it's not burning from the derailment.

[@Karmai9]

KABOOOM

[@findtom22]

Accident? Probably not, if intentional, this would be a strategic location for present and future carnage!

[@Xykaru]

Yeah. It's the PERFECT location for a biological attack. And it's JUST inside Ohio (a red state). As if they wanted to ensure it'd affect a republic state, and the location of the river means it'll flow ALL over red states causing serious water contamination problems. Livestock dying, crops dying, infertile poisonous soil, poisonous water supplies.

[@kdwaynec]

Tin foil hat time

[@mindonamillionrecordsllc5256]

Issa lawsuit coming

[@kdwaynec]

Space lasers.