Tie Plate Wrote:
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> In this case it ultimately came down to UP track
> supervisors inspecting and releasing the main for
> the train to make a reverse move. It seems
> logical to make sure the track that was involved
> in a derailment was in proper shape for a train
> full of passengers to traverse. I'm assuming you
> would be ranting about those same men had
> Superliners full of people ended up leaning due to
> reversing through a broken rail/frog/etc. It's
> the same procedure when a vehicle ends up fouling
> the tracks off a crossing and potentially damaging
> the track structure.

Yes, you're right, I would be "ranting" if they did not inspect properly and they sent a train down damaged rails. But that wasn't really my point. As you correctly point out, it's a routine thing to do---the railroad has been around forever and this is nothing unusual. It just seems in this non-professional's opinion that 4 hours is a long time to "inspect", that's all my point is.