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2023-03-06 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
How did it happen AGAIN? Furious Ohioans demand answers after fourth Norfolk Southern train derailed in the state in less than five months - as incredible aerial images capture the entire 22-car derailment
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-06 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11158 views ]  Top

#1 Putin.
Posted by Mad Eye Omeretch7959 2023-03-06 00:34||   2023-03-06 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Needs to spend some time riding boxcars in Ohio until he can figure out a solution.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-06 00:42||   2023-03-06 00:42|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ Oooooh! Like Veronica Lake!
Posted by Elmique McGurque8776 2023-03-06 01:48||   2023-03-06 01:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Pete Buttigieg Attacks Critics: ‘You Think Tucker Carlson Knows the Difference Between a T.J. Maxx and a Kohl’s?’
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-06 04:27||   2023-03-06 04:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Blackwell: Setting the Record Straight on East Palestine
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-06 04:37||   2023-03-06 04:37|| Front Page Top

#6 The chemicals released in East Palestine revealed: From a WWI choking agent to known carcinogens, DailyMail.com looks at the substances and their known health risks after toxic train crash
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-06 05:19||   2023-03-06 05:19|| Front Page Top

#7 What I see in the pictures.

Large Pond (Water) with run off one side and a monthly Rental storage lockers on the other.

Too much of a Large burnt out area for 22 empty cars

Long tanker cars. Likely Coiled and Insulated Tank Cars holding around 20,000+ gal. When digging for the type of product commonly hauled in these type of cars, Liquid Ammonium Nitrate pops up a lot.

Then again, despite the large burnt out area and the shelter in place warning, the tanks cars could be empty. ☺
Posted by NN2N1 2023-03-06 07:31||   2023-03-06 07:31|| Front Page Top

#8 There are a lot of Putin's saboteurs roaming around this country destroying our infrastructure. They are certainly being aided by traitorous Americans. The FBI needs to find them, expose them to the light of day, and then the public hangings. I bet they have "Trump 2024" signs in their lawns.
Posted by Hupung Untervehr9838 2023-03-06 08:03||   2023-03-06 08:03|| Front Page Top

#9 Four NS derailments in less than five months?

Consider: Two major RRs in Ohio - NS and CSX. Somebody said 1,000 derailments per year, or about 88 per month. Ohio is a major transportation hub, so probably has above-average derailments.

News of this recent crash wouldn't have gotten outside of Ohio, but for the disaster Feb.6.

Take a deep breath, Daily Mail.
Posted by Bobby 2023-03-06 08:34||   2023-03-06 08:34|| Front Page Top

#10 There are a lot of Putin's saboteurs

See Atlanta.

Take a deep breath, Daily Mail.
Disparage the journal as you like.
Without the coverage, we wouldn't know.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-06 09:24||   2023-03-06 09:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Buttigieg stonewalls key information on 23 govt jet trips amid inspector general probe

"saving powerful officials from disclosure or embarrassment is not a legitimate reason to keep the public in the dark"
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-06 09:28||   2023-03-06 09:28|| Front Page Top

#12 I read somewhere this morning that Ohio ranks #4 in railroad accidents. I'll try and find source.
Posted by Bill Greans6336 2023-03-06 09:50||   2023-03-06 09:50|| Front Page Top

#13 Geography drives train travel through Ohio going between East and West. It is a likely place for issues due to the high traffic volume.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-03-06 12:29||   2023-03-06 12:29|| Front Page Top

#14 Here are the Google Earth coordinates for the crash site if anyone wants to check it out. 39.54.16N 083.43.48W.

My dad worked for the former Missouri Pacific railroad from 1948 to his retirement in 1973. Even back then, hotboxes (overheated wheel bearings) were the leading cause of derailments, followed closely by loose material on the tracks. He said they reported about one a week.

We had a derailment behind my high school when I was a freshman. Took them less than ten days to clean up 40+ empty petroleum tanker cars. There are more problems with Norfolk Southern than just layoffs.
Posted by Old Patriot 2023-03-06 13:04||   2023-03-06 13:04|| Front Page Top

#15 Anyone who can come up with a better rail design that improves on the current one that is hundreds of years old and get a patent on it could become very rich. And an improvement should not be very hard to do.
Posted by Mad Eye Omeretch7959 2023-03-06 13:47||   2023-03-06 13:47|| Front Page Top

#16 ...Rearden Metal?
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-03-06 15:00||   2023-03-06 15:00|| Front Page Top

#17 ^ Ha ha! Very good, Provo…
Posted by Glenmore  2023-03-06 15:44||   2023-03-06 15:44|| Front Page Top

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