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There were more factors to this derailment than the ones you mention. In recent years train companies have forced longer trains than ever to be driven by a sing
by slantedview 4y ago
There were more factors to this derailment than the ones you mention. In recent years train companies have forced longer trains than ever to be driven by a single worker, the sort of thing that would make it hard to notice a train car is on fire. They've also forced train car inspections, the sort of thing that might catch a faulty bearing, to be done faster than ever, in the push for endlessly increasing profits.
The workers were raising these and other complaints last year, and our national leaders told them to take a hike, preventing them from striking.
- falcolas 4y agoYes, these definitely helped contribute to the derailment (and every derailment that occurs these days). But, IMO, ignoring the hot-axle warning they did get was unconscionable (and as I understand it, it wasn't the engineers who ignored it, it was dispatch).
- aednichols 4y agoNoticing defects while underway has been automated by trackside detectors for decades, ever since the removal of the caboose and associated crewman. In this case, we know the detector went off as designed, and what happened - or did not happen - next was the problem.