Posted on 06/27/2024 12:01:30 PM PDT by rdl6989
MATTESON, Ill. (WLS) -- A train derailed Thursday morning in far south suburban Matteson, a spokesman for the village said.
Chopper 7 was over the scene about 11:30 a.m., and multiple cars were derailed in the area of 21740 Main St.
The spokesman said the train involved is from the Canadian National Railway Company.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, but officials were looking at a leaking train car.
It was not immediately clear what was leaking from the train car.
The village spokesman said a white powdery substance seen leaking from one car was tested by CN, who said it is not hazardous.
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He's busy trans spurtatin'
Checking tea bags? Sure hope they didn’t spill any coal.
HE is searching for the EV Chargers the FEds agreed to install..ONLY 7 so far.
I wonder if their policy manual recommended starting any chemical spills on fire
Who is John Galt?
Hunter Biden is headed there now. The situation will soon be under control.
Who is John Galt?
They should have used Reardan Steel
I believe Cook County, IL is a majority Dim voting district. Expect Brandon and ButtGig to respond faster than they did with the train spill in East Palestine, OH.
He’ll show up in the next 2 - 29,875 days.
easier to find one of those 7 than one home connected to broadband out in the sticks (because there isn’t one) with federal dollars.
Years and years ago Hunter Harrison, funded by Mantle Ridge, took over two canadian railroads, CN being one of them, and CSX.
They marketed that he was an efficiency expert. NOPE. With the goal of boosting stock prices and then bailing out after 4 years, which was their plan with CSX, was slash jobs, cut costs, make the trains longer and heavier.
A Wall St friend of mine explained the term “activist hedge fund/investor”. First thing I thought of was the Pretty Woman and Gere wanting to buy the shipyard and sell it off in pieces.
In the rail industry there are a lot of costs that can’t ever be controlled or forecasted: fuel, delays, breakdowns, accidents, storms.
What they can control is payroll, benefits and OT. If they vacate a job, they don’t have to fund that position.
Lots of federal rules, working trains very similar to mandatory rest like pilots and truck drivers. Fire train crews, less people to drive them. Causes all sorts of problems.
After seeing enough complaints to the government, Harrison had to address a federal board over delays, derailments, blocked crossings and lousy service. He blamed it all disloyal employees. Those same employees that watched 1000s get fired but got to keep their jobs, were told...”if you don’t like here, we’ll find someone that does”. Typical Wall St management.
Time will tell what the cause is, but Harrison’s management style has had wide ranging effects. NS, in an attempt to capitalize on a smaller payroll, also started cutting jobs. Talking to the former employees of NS and employees that are working for smaller companies all speak with disgust on Harrison and his team.
.....don’t you worry; it’s all under control....Secretary Buttholegeg is on his way and it will all be under control shortly...
Enough derailments and they can evacuate the entire country so and BlackRock can buy it all up for pennies on the dollar.
Buttgag is out surveying the Hershey Highway.
He is busy supervising the replacement of the railway tracks on the Francis Scott Key bridge, so that Brandon may once again have access to them.
😂
Clearing the tunnel.
Maternity leave.
But didn’t he say that highways are racist?
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