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Re: Bipartisan Senate rail safety bill proposed - changes hazmat notification & handling, train length limits, minimum crew size, inspection improvements
Author: Guest
Date: 03-04-2023 - 08:56
"Unions argue the longer trains are more prone to problems, including breaking apart in the middle of a trip, and these monster trains also can clog rail lines, because they may extend farther than the current sidings for pulling off the main tracks."
What the Union keeps ignoring is according to the NTSB the Journal that failed was 23 cars from the head end. It had been spotted flaming almost 20 miles prior. Two people were on the head end of that train. What were they doing? Doesn't sound like they were properly inspecting their train on curves or whenever else possible, which is one of their primary duties.
Hard to take them seriously about two man crews when there's one present and they still fail to do their job.
Also neither train size nor weight appear to be contributing factors either. Most of this bill bill is simply a Union wishlist. Never let a crisis go to waste, right?
What the Union keeps ignoring is according to the NTSB the Journal that failed was 23 cars from the head end. It had been spotted flaming almost 20 miles prior. Two people were on the head end of that train. What were they doing? Doesn't sound like they were properly inspecting their train on curves or whenever else possible, which is one of their primary duties.
Hard to take them seriously about two man crews when there's one present and they still fail to do their job.
Also neither train size nor weight appear to be contributing factors either. Most of this bill bill is simply a Union wishlist. Never let a crisis go to waste, right?
