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This is bad but it's also from 2016. There's not nearly enough dots to connect to say it had anything to do with the recent derailment.

• sbaiddn 4y ago
  It demonstrates the working environment and management culture in the industry. In short management doesn't care. That said, "visible seepage" is infuriatingly vague. Any seal will "seep" to some extent. Oil seals can have "visible seepage" and still have life left in them. A healthy industry would have clear internal standards that clarifies bad rules like this and enforcement.
  • tootie 4y ago
    It's not irrelevant but it's not a smoking gun. We don't even know an inspection would have caught anything for this train.
    • sbaiddn 4y ago
      No, not a smoking gun. Just evidence of a degraded culture