Massive Train Derailment Outside Detroit

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Update: as it turns out, only eight cars were affected.

There was a massive train derailment outside Detroit. We hope Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg can tear himself away from working on canceling white people in construction to pay attention to this derailment.

Derailments happen all the time, but not massive ones.

Reportedly, one car was carrying hazardous materials. That car was not compromised in the derailment. What happened to the $1 trillion plus infrastructure bill? Are we spending any of it on actual infrastructure?


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skinia
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skinia
9 months ago

8 cars is not a “massive” derailment. From the looks of the video, the rails spread & the first car left the tracks dragging 7 others with it. The train must have been moving relatively slowly to only have 8 cars off. And it appears from the video that the track ahead of the derailed cars and the track behind them is still intact.

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Blank
9 months ago

“What happened to the $1 trillion plus infrastructure bill? Are we spending any of it on actual infrastructure?”

Of course railroads are not INFRASTRUCTURE, silly! PEOPLE are infrastructure, remember? This is only from two years ago: https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2021/03/31/people-now-infrastructure-2-5-trillion-4-trillion-seriously-n381435

GuvGeek
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GuvGeek
9 months ago

When companies don’t do maintenance that results large scale catastrophes people need to go to jail instead of the Company paying a fine. So where is the DoJ and FBI? Is it because these are areas where poor people or Trump supporters live? If this happened in Martha Vineyard I bet the response would be a lot different.

The Ohio Train was something like 250 cars long. No train should exceed 50 Cars! Hire more people and do the job safely. If tracks were properly maintained and trains not miles long, derailments would be very rare.

skinia
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skinia
9 months ago
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No, the Ohio train was 150 cars. When I worked for a RR in the Midwest in the 60s and 70s, we commonly had freights of 200+ cars. Not a problem. But we did have full crews (5 men) on the trains then. The problem now is only 2 men in a train crew, and deferred maintenance programs. Even with that, derailments are still rare.

Peter B. Prange
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Peter B. Prange
9 months ago

What happened to the $1 trillion plus infrastructure bill? Are we spending any of it on actual infrastructure?”
Of course not, what a silly idea. Liberal just give words a new meaning so they can nefariously carry out their evil plans on a good title.
Liberals are basically clueless about how a good economy works, and have no idea about what made America great. Until the USA again has leaders who
1) Are honest
2) Understand what make a Great Economy work
3) Understand how precious is the gift of the US Constitution by our forefather
the USA will continue to weaken, the basic infrastructure will crumble, and America will continue to fade with more an more agony for the non elite. Freedom could die.

Peter B. Prange
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Peter B. Prange
9 months ago

Oh, and btw, I think Donald Trump got all that!!!

Peter B. Prange
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Peter B. Prange
9 months ago

Sorry forgot. The emphasis in business on short term profits instead of long term sustainability through good R&D plus good maintenance leads to things like hot box derailments. It is not just government officials who are failing us.