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James19991 t1_je9rhch wrote

Reply to comment by 69FunnyNumberGuy420 in Train derailment in butler by thedudeabides412

It literally does, and they happen nowhere near as often as they did 50 years ago.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/09/1161921856/there-are-about-3-u-s-train-derailments-per-day-they-arent-usually-major-disaste#:~:text=Since%20the%20late%201970s%2C%20derailments,U.S.%2C%20which%20killed%2041%20people.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_je9rxv1 wrote

That doesn't mean we shouldn't do whatever we can to keep them from occurring, we have way more derailments than comparable countries.

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