No thread about East Palestine, OH?

fair enough...

made me think of this

The Mississauga train derailment occurred on November 10, 1979, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, when a CP Rail freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed and caught fire. More than 200,000 people were evacuated in the largest peacetime evacuation in North America until Hurricane Katrina. The fire was caused by a failure of the lubricating system. No deaths resulted from the incident.

Causes
A CP Rail freight train, led by three EMD F40PH diesel locomotives loaned from GO Transit, was eastbound from Windsor, Ontario.[1] The train consisted of 106 cars that carried multiple chemicals and explosives, including styrene, toluene, propane, caustic soda, and chlorine. On the 33rd car, heat began to build up in an improperly-lubricated journal bearing on one of the wheels, resulting in the condition known among train workers as a "hot box". (This was one of the few still in use at that time as most had long since been replaced with roller bearings.) Residents living beside the tracks reported smoke and sparks coming from the car, and those who were close to Mississauga thought the train was on fire. The friction eventually burned through the axle and bearing, and as the train was passing the Mavis Road level crossing, near the intersection with Dundas Street, a wheelset (one axle and pair of wheels) fell off completely.





44 years ago, no less...

So, apparently, it’s not a mechanical problem but a “we’re not killing the queers” problem according to this member of Congress.

https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1634647449477185536?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

Residents feel abandoned alone.

https://twitter.com/statuscoup/status/1636410705124507649?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

BNSF train derails on Swinomish Reservation, spilling thousands of gallons of diesel fuel.

Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl..._tw_m&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1678976254-1

man babe really let himself go baa ram ewe

The dioxin levels are off the charts.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ogenic-chemical-levels?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Goddammit. We're going to see significant cancer numbers in the next decade.

The railroad bosses used the trains as an ATM right up to the crash, so that's all that matters.
Heil money.

Okay, one of the guys who does this podcast is a huge train nerd, so while the main subject of the podcast isn't the derailment in OH, they do talk about it (in the beginning). And the wreck that they devote the rest of the podcast to actually ties into the OH derailment. They also point out a major flaw in railroad legislation that means even if they roll back Trump's deregulation we're not going to see much improvement.

it is an hour and 54 minutes. Could you perhaps summarize their conclusions and offer some citations instead of doing a Federal Farmer. I might watch it, but really you cannot spoil the fucking thing with some descriptions? JFC do better.

No. Because this is actually a topic where if you give a shit you should listen to it as there's no way to summarize it in something that wouldn't get a TL;DR response from everyone on the board. Yes, it is that fucking dense and complicated. And even they admit that they've only scratched the surface of the bullshit.

You can download the thing and listen to it in your favorite podcast player, so it's not like you'll be tethered to your PC the entire time.

You do realize some of us can actusally read the wall of text and do read it, right? You also realize those of us that would read a wall of text for the information are pribably the only ones that would listen to a 2 hour long podcast anyways? I personally will probably listen to this when I have tyhe time, as will a couple of others, but you are not doing what you think you are doing by not making a post some will think is TLDR.

Thanks for the info, and the sign you are really a twittard.

Doh!
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...oil-east-palestine-train-derailment-rcna79277

America Faces 'Bomb Trains' As Derailments Actually Increased Following East Palestine Disaster

Norfolk Southern Is Derailing Trains Into Other Trains Now

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/east...ment-chemical-burn_n_65e22357e4b013678e1530a3

Norfolk Southern Will Pay $600 Million In Class Action Lawsuit For East Palestine Disaster