Even his history of train coupling was lopsided. I know nothing about the subject, but this: > Still, the railroads stuck with them because link-and-pin coupl

Even his history of train coupling was lopsided. I know nothing about the subject, but this: > Still, the railroads stuck with them because link-and-pin couplers were cheap. You could imagine excuses being made about the people who died... You have to think that every train coupling on every train at the same time is a pretty big and very real excuse. No single operator could change first, unless they were a near monopoly. I'd guess that railroad companies weren't big fans of their trained employees getting crushed. So tired of the trope that big evil corporations put zero value on the lives of their employees. Fact is, they value them as much as the replacement cost + cleanup cost + downtime + bad PR, which in many cases is pretty high. Also, sometimes the owners actually aren't evil monsters.