Freight trains have been getting longer to save labor. Tight schedules encourage skipping the effort to rebalance the train into a safer car ordering. When br

Freight trains have been getting longer to save labor. Tight schedules encourage skipping the effort to rebalance the train into a safer car ordering. When braking, a long line of heavy cars at the back can push empty cars at the front off the tracks. https://www.propublica.org/article/train-derailment-long-trains https://www.propublica.org/article/train-derailment-long-tra...