Train engineers get tired. Pipelines don’t
Agree..transporting mass quantities of petroleum via rail when you could build a pipeline is just asking for trouble.
And they get drunk...and they have a wife who leaves them...and they have mini strokes...
Train engineers get tired.
The engineer did not get tired. This was a case of attempted sabotage of the train. As I recall, after the attempt, the firemen incorrectly shut off the brakes.
Personally, I think the saboteurs may have come back and released the train. We have never heard from them because they realized they went to far and went into hiding.
Pipelines do get tired if they aren't maintained. Poorly maintained gas lines usually explode, oil lines generally just leak.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pipeline_accidents (ignore the excavator accidents and other stupid human tricks on this list).
Investment banker fueled mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures of the natural gas retailer in Dallas has fueled a series of leaks and explosions in the area.