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It also doesn’t address magnitudes. Quantity of freight is relatively fixed. If running trains half as long. Reduces derailments by 20%, you now have 60% more
by TylerE 2y ago
It also doesn’t address magnitudes.
Quantity of freight is relatively fixed.
If running trains half as long. Reduces derailments by 20%, you now have 60% more derailments, because you have twice as many trips.
It is rare for more than a dozen or so cars to detail at one time.
- Erem 2y agoI wonder if they track the stat normalized by car-mile? That would at least account for them scenario you bring up
- AlgorithmicTime 2y ago[dead]
- banannaise 2y agoThis has already been accounted for. The article compares the total derailment risk between two 50-car trains and one 100-car train, which normalizes it per car-trip.
- TylerE 2y agoIt gives one measurement, and no information on how that tracks with size.