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Re: It's the bearings, stupid, not the brakes
Author: Dr Zarkoff
Date: 02-27-2023 - 10:35
> Whether he did or did not is unimportant here. The train derailed because of a failed wheel bearing. Brakes had nothing to do with it. Nice try. Next.
You're better than the NTSB?
>>> it's laughable that they become so silent when they're reminded that the Biden administration has had two years to correct this alleged wrong.
>> If you knew anything about how the process works, you would realize how ludicrously uninformed, not to mention misleading, your statement is.
> Shower us with your knowledge, big boy. Explain to us how it all works.
You made the assertion, support it, and not with links to the fake, harum scarum media.
>>> we would have reporters asking why railroads like the SP used to run "KEY" trains that were comprised solely of cars containing hazardous commodities and were restricted to 30 MPH in urbanized areas.
>> The SP didn't do this.
> Again, shower us with your knowledge, big boy. Explain to us the intricacies of an Espee KEY train. Whether correct or not, I managed to find this about KEY trains on that "other" website that everyone loves to hate, as they spend their time here.
> A "Key train" is a train with 20 or more hazardous cars. I don't have my Special Instructions handy, but there are numerous restrictions involved with Key trains. If there's a meet, the Key train is supposed to hold the main and is not for any reason allowed to go into a siding that is below a certain speed (IIRC, it's 15 MPH), the train is also restricted to 50 MPH. Even if it's a double stack and there are 20 or more of those small hazardous tanks, then it's a Key train.-BMT
In my day on the SP, all it took was ONE hazmat car in a train. Like all RRs SP's operating practices changed over the years.
> SOURCE: [www.trainorders.com]
Which is sometimes just as questionable as "sources" here.
You're better than the NTSB?
>>> it's laughable that they become so silent when they're reminded that the Biden administration has had two years to correct this alleged wrong.
>> If you knew anything about how the process works, you would realize how ludicrously uninformed, not to mention misleading, your statement is.
> Shower us with your knowledge, big boy. Explain to us how it all works.
You made the assertion, support it, and not with links to the fake, harum scarum media.
>>> we would have reporters asking why railroads like the SP used to run "KEY" trains that were comprised solely of cars containing hazardous commodities and were restricted to 30 MPH in urbanized areas.
>> The SP didn't do this.
> Again, shower us with your knowledge, big boy. Explain to us the intricacies of an Espee KEY train. Whether correct or not, I managed to find this about KEY trains on that "other" website that everyone loves to hate, as they spend their time here.
> A "Key train" is a train with 20 or more hazardous cars. I don't have my Special Instructions handy, but there are numerous restrictions involved with Key trains. If there's a meet, the Key train is supposed to hold the main and is not for any reason allowed to go into a siding that is below a certain speed (IIRC, it's 15 MPH), the train is also restricted to 50 MPH. Even if it's a double stack and there are 20 or more of those small hazardous tanks, then it's a Key train.-BMT
In my day on the SP, all it took was ONE hazmat car in a train. Like all RRs SP's operating practices changed over the years.
> SOURCE: [www.trainorders.com]
Which is sometimes just as questionable as "sources" here.
