Investigators said a “heat kink” due to extreme high temperatures and direct exposure to sunlight likely caused the rails to expand, resulting in the derailment
Wow, there are probably thousands of derailments caused by rails being exposed to sunlight ... I can’t believe that the MSM investigative reporters haven’t spent weeks of national exposes on this looming national rail crisis. Should citizens go down to the nearest train tracks and shade them with umbrellas? Should the Dept. of Transportation institute new rail specifications?
Yeah, I guess they haven’t seen those tracks in the Mojave Desert where it hits 115 every Summer. Railbed first laid down in 1880 and no derailments yet.