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For what it's worth, there's another thread in these comments that point to data supporting that the length of trains is going up (+ ~25%), but derailments have
by its_ethan 4y ago
For what it's worth, there's another thread in these comments that point to data supporting that the length of trains is going up (+ ~25%), but derailments have gone down, by more than 25%. So maybe fewer trains derailing, but the ones that do are having bigger negative consequences.
- zaphar 4y agoyeah, I did a very quick look at some literature, most of it was behind paywalls so my search wasn't comprehensive, but it looked like a large train was more susceptible to derailment but the reduction in the number of trains running actually resulted in a decrease in total derailments. To me this suggest a much more in-depth analysis is needed.