As I understand one of the things the rail companies want to do is have just one person running a train instead of the current two. In this case the single engi

As I understand one of the things the rail companies want to do is have just one person running a train instead of the current two. In this case the single engineer likely would not have been able to decouple the other 10 hazardous containers and pull away. Also that this failure happened due to a seized axle or bearing is indicative of the refusal to invest in the rail equipment and safety systems. There are a number of different ways to detects failing bearings that have been at least deployed for decades. I thought I heard this might have been a broken rail but that seems to have just been a guess on the day of the accident. "The crew was able to uncouple the locomotives and move them to safety, preventing an even bigger tragedy. This would not have been possible under the various management schemes now being proposed to operate such trains with single person crews. Further, because Train 32N carried the standard crew of two or more workers, they were able to immediately take the necessary emergency measures to ensure a safe and effective response." From a RWU email: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Press-Release--Fiery-Ohio-Train-Wreck-the-Result-of--PSR-.html?soid=1116509035139&aid=RspHKqRlJkg&mibextid=Zxz2cZ&fbclid=IwAR3_-mgZPBZskyZmlgfD4Tko5mKawjZKonOKaj8rnamV9vQXk3q5ulbpqls https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Press-Release--Fiery-Ohi...