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A couple months ago I watched an amateur train nerd on youtube cover a derailment that dumped a load of bitumin/tar into a river and destroyed a bridge. This ki
by mlindner 4y ago
A couple months ago I watched an amateur train nerd on youtube cover a derailment that dumped a load of bitumin/tar into a river and destroyed a bridge. This kind of thing happens pretty commonly. No national news covered it, only a couple of local news stations, at least from what I could find on youtube/googling.
It's confusing to me why this specific incident got so much attention.
- bombcar 4y agoProbably because it was literally visible from space (one it was lit on fire).
- Ar-Curunir 4y agoMaybe it should be confusing to you why more such harmful derailings are not getting as much attention
- katbyte 4y agoLink? That sounds like a channel I’d be interested in And this got the attention it did because it’s far more severe then one load of tar/bitumen in a river - and far more toxic made potentially worse from the choice to. Burn it off to clear the tracks faster
- mlindner 4y agoYoutube has a lot of them. Here's one about a derailment in Nashville. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dZT7TTQqb4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dZT7TTQqb4 Here's the one I mentioned about a derailment in middle of nowhere Iowa that dumped tar into the creek. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HpL0Xk9jTI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HpL0Xk9jTI Here's one of those local news reports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_pKVdv-Y6Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_pKVdv-Y6Y
- katbyte 4y agothanks!