Re: Trainnews - 10/23/24-It could be that "crew"?
Author: BOB2
Date: 10-24-2024 - 10:11
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> > > I see inward facing cameras are again being
> > > recommended. That whole mess could have been
> > > avoided had the crew been doing their job.
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> > I assume that you are referring to the accident
> > investigation report.
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> > So, what exactly can you point to, that makes
> you
> > feel that the RR crew didn't do their jobs?
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> One report stated that the crew asked permission
> to stop and inspect the train and were told not
> to. The whole vent and burn fiasco resulted in
> "what we have here is a failure to communicate".
> The chemical company that manufactured the
> chemical did not think an explosion was likely and
> recommended they not vent and burn the tankcars
> that released the very toxic plume. Somehow this
> was not communicated to the fire commander until
> after they proceeded to set fire and blow the cars
> up.
The emergency response training levels on what to do in these situations clearly seems to have left a lot to be desired, if that's the "crew" he is referring to.
The rail train "crew" didn't seem to do anything wrong, and may have tried to do something right, that might well have prevented this.
But a billion-dollar accident didn't really hurt quarterly profits that much, which is all that apparently matters to the "crew" that was running the railroad for the stockholders.