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MajesticOuting t1_jaag5wr wrote

So what happens when one of these shipments derail? because apparently this happens all the time.

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neridqe00 t1_jaalw76 wrote

From 1990 to 2021 there were an average of 1,705 train derailments per year, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Federal Railroad Administration. Which is like 4 to 5 a day.

That counts as "happens all the time" in my book.

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DerekB52 t1_jaawp4x wrote

The only problem with this is, it counts something as severe as this ohio incident, the same as it counts an issue that ended up being very minor. A lot of those daily derailments are really non-issues.

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