#derailments — Public Fediverse posts

Not sabotage nor climate change: Malmbanan derailment was caused by a faulty wheel http://dlvr.it/TL0ldK #Derailments #Faultywheels #InDepth #IronOreLine

More Than 59 #Trains Derailed In The 6 Months Following The #EastPalestine Disaster
At least 15 of those trains were hauling #hazardous chemicals when they jumped track.
Six months after East Palestine, it's back to business for America's freight #railroads. Vice only looked at #derailments bad enough to generate local news attention, which cut the derailment rate from the 106 reported to regulatory bodies down to 59 derailments covered in the press. https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7edkw/dozens-of-freight-trains-including-at-least-15-carrying-hazardous-materials-have-derailed-since-east-palestine

"The court found [the Surface Transportation Board failed] to adequately study the potential of #OilSpills, train #derailments along the #ColoradoRiver and the potential for #wildfire in communities along tracks that will be carrying heated tankers filled with “waxy” crude from Utah to the Gulf Coast.

The #UintaBasin already directs its waxy crude along railroads through #Colorado but the new track would increase traffic as much as five times."

https://coloradosun.com/2023/08/18/uinta-basin-railway-waxy-crude-colorado/

Railways got two warnings in 6 months on faulty signalling, poor track repair

A CAG report in December flagged 24 reasons for derailments. In February, an official warned about ‘serious flaws’ in signalling after a collision was avoided.

#odisha #OdishaTrainAccident #railways #CAG #derailments #india

https://scroll.in/latest/1050302/odisha-train-accident-railways-got-two-warnings-in-6-months-on-faulty-signalling-poor-track-repair

@GottaLaff That's 3 serious ones this year that we know about - There are roughly three a day, or an average of 1,704 #train #derailments a year in the #USA now. It's nuts!

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/09/1161921856/there-are-about-3-u-s-train-derailments-per-day-they-arent-usually-major-disaste

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/train-derailments-per-year-usa-b2294966.html

#Ohio was #2 for #train #derailments in 2022. Only #Texas beat them. And Texas is a LOT bigger. https://railroads.dot.gov/accident-and-incident-reporting/train-accident-reports/train-accidents-type

This federal dataset on #train accidents is amazing. In 2022, #Ohio ranked 3rd for number of accidents, behind #Georgia and #Texas. Meanwhile, #Vermont did not have any. Too bad, the data aren't updated in real time (though I understand why). https://railroads.dot.gov/accident-and-incident-reporting/train-accident-reports/train-accidents-type #derailments

This article from The NY Times (gift link to avoid paywall) shows just how common #train #derailments are in the US. Over 1000 derailments per year. That # is down since the 1970s, but the number of derailments involving #hazardous materials is up.

Northern #Ohio (where #EastPalestine is and I lived for 10 years) is a hotspot.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/opinion/ohio-train-derailment-safety-regulation.html?unlocked_article_code=pavK-omk2G0RwOoRoEMxgwADvcrfENTPgs9r0lFAfywUif7E8CFa1cHBKAtG7HvXpM_206Vjeo4j_mAtCVYv17HlT4QNif6G1PCu8R7-372NvcchsZMqUv_6JTG3AwT82RUtixNXARP_OKovX146xpbRIb23qU4UtXO9FJsilENUl8GAm4uBr6KbL57PT6uyWVYgLCsO_2HHr1gOyds0wl5KSbBGoQtg5dSHVbSPejgWCbI2u_H7PCxrtk42eomEhPqlXKjwHGDF-zodIZq4vNtO3M97UQKroqrEHqQF7OFLC88NOAHrcaIpI7xOB8k_hPDOxN6Ho4ptZh1eHjOXHxCRlu0p-w2TWg4YfReXiz3Ggw&smid=url-share #HazMat

Having stepped away mostly from the Birdsite, it Interesting to see the froth #train #derailments are driving right now over there -- with some spillover here (They happen pretty much all the time...) This is not new, folks.

“#Biden is throwing his support behind the proposed bipartisan #Rail #Safety Act legislation introduced last week in the U.S. Senate. The bill would provide the federal government with measures that would hold railroads accountable to prevent #train #derailments like the one that occurred Feb. 3 in East Palestine, #Ohio, Biden said in a prepared statement.” https://www.progressiverailroading.com/federal_legislation_regulation/news.aspx?id=68727