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TheRealOneTwo t1_j8wtd9q wrote

Same company as the East Palestine derailment. Will self regulation be investigated since it isn't working or does the rail industry bribe donate politicians enough to to look the other way?

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Sidthelid66 t1_j8y6vhd wrote

Fuck Norfolk Southern and if you want to be down with Norfolk Southern fuck you too.

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thisusedyet t1_j8xbwir wrote

There is, but again, due to lack of personnel & doing stock buybacks instead of maintenance

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Mrchristopherrr t1_j8y0h20 wrote

That video is heavily misleading- it’s from almost 10 years ago showing rails that had been abandoned for around 30 before that. They’ve since been repaired.

Adding on that the footage is shot to make the rails much more bendy than they are and is sped up and slowed down to exaggerate the effects.

No major rail lines look like that.

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thisusedyet t1_j8y5mvu wrote

See, the first time I saw that was a couple days ago, and all that context was missing. Somebody linked to a newer upload of that, and all it said was ‘rails in Ohio / Indiana’. My bad for not looking into it, just searched for ‘Ohio wiggly rails’ to find it again because I thought that was relevant

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thisusedyet t1_j8xhaz3 wrote

Lack of personnel because they’re cutting back on payroll, not because they can’t hit some quota

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feral_brick t1_j90di17 wrote

First they turned the frogs gay and now the gay frogs are taking our jehrbs

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PatWithTheStrat t1_j8xdz5e wrote

None of that really matters if our infrastructure is falling apart anyways

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pkr8ch t1_j8zl474 wrote

Hopefully they don't blow a hole in these and call it a controlled release.

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HengeWalk t1_j8xf8mz wrote

So that's the third derailment in the last month so far? Seems like all this deregulation and mismanagement over the past few years has begun to show signs of karma. That, or some extremely dubious coincidences.

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papercup617 t1_j8y8h6m wrote

There’s about 3 or 4 derailments a day, and has been like that for years. You just don’t normally hear about it unless it’s extremely serious like in Ohio.

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HengeWalk t1_j8y93tz wrote

Appreciate the insight. A bit alarming to know how often it occurs.

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TheThirdDumpling t1_j8yqdag wrote

We need better rail system, there are just too many derailments.

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salamandraseis t1_j90lcgk wrote

Is Szilveszter Matuska running that fucking company?

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