No-Setting9690 t1_j9okir9 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:40 PM

Reply to comment by Indiana_Jawnz in Republican Doug Mastriano told supporters he didn't get any money from Ohio derailment train operator Norfolk Southern. Records show he took $1,000. by Pennzingers

Uneducated in the field obviously. Thank you for clarifying this. Is there anything that could have been done to prevent this?

Indiana_Jawnz t1_j9olhp5 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:48 PM

The railroads need to hire more manpower so cars can be inspected better.

They have cut manpower to the bone and overwork who they have now while pushing train sizes to their absolute maximum lengths and weight.

The crews used to get five minutes to inspect each car in their train, now that's down to one. So you have this wheel bearing being missed, overheating (hotboxing) and failing.