Sooo what caused this crash?
Hit from behind - or head on?
More shades of Atlas Shrugged...
Wouldn’t it be nice if someone was awake to drive these trains in the middle of the night?
This was on another thread, I just rode this train a couple of weeks ago, and there was a delay in the SC regarding “a problem with the switch”...
Our nation's transportation systems can't handle the heated up economy. Trump's fault. /s
Fire and Fury
“Freight Carriages” ???
I always heard them called freight cars or boxcars......
NEVER heard the term carriages......
tracks, signals, dispatch, and switches are all owned and run by CSX. Looks like one of those trains wasn’t on the track it was supposed to be on and thats all on CSX.
From what I understand, there is supposed to be a considerable separation between passenger trains and freight trains. They should not have not gotten that close.
RIP.
So this news about a train wreck last night with scores of injured winds up in chat. Over in News we have articles like “What do you think of Trump’s State of the Union...”
Chat often has newsier news.
Anyone want to place bets on the number of ‘accidents’ or ‘tragedies’ that happen today?
I wouldn’t be going to the Super Bowl, that’s for sure.
Do any a$$hole liberals think it’s funny yet?
I’m reading a book (fiction) about an Amtrack crash. Even if most of these passengers have “non-life threatening injuries”, they can still be affected for the rest of their lives. This should never happen.
Amtrak is the worst rail carrier there is. You’re gambling with your life if you board an Amtrak train.
That said, CSX is a mess right now due to the Hunter Harrison re-organization. That guy messed up CSX so bad that the STB and the FRA are all over them.
Amtrak uses CSX track through user fees, and rely on timetables for track usage. Harrison flouted that agreement.
And he threw the CSX employees under the bus when he turned the NE corridor into on giant railroad traffic jam.
...between New York and Miami...
I’ve taken that trip, once. Not an enjoyable experience.
So sorry for the families of the victims. RIP