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DENVERPOPS

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19. How about the cost cutting

Reply to LisaM (Reply #12)

Thu Feb 16, 2023, 03:34 PM

Feb 2023

by railroads to eliminate the caboose, and the people in it whose job was to observe the train from the rear?
Certainly they would have seen a car/wheel shooting sparks and flames almost immediately, instead of the train going for 20-30 miles self destructing....

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Buttigeig: We're constrained by Trump administration withdrawing braking rule (train derailment) [View all] News Junkie Feb 2023 OP

WH needs to wield power to do the right thing as fast as Trump blm Feb 2023 #1

Congress passed a law constraining the government in 2015? jimfields33 Feb 2023 #2

No. Congress passed a law in 2015 ... Whiskeytide Feb 2023 #5

According to the link, Congress passed a law giving Transportation Sec the authority to re evaluate MichMan Feb 2023 #6

That's a better explanation. Bottom line is that the ... Whiskeytide Feb 2023 #9

The legislation in 2015 giving the DOT authority to revise the braking rule had pretty broad support MichMan Feb 2023 #20

Oh ok. Thank you. jimfields33 Feb 2023 #10

More expensive, yes. More time-consuming, no jmowreader Feb 2023 #13

Thank you for that explanation. I think this is ... Whiskeytide Feb 2023 #14

I found it appalling when DENVERPOPS Feb 2023 #17

Exactly Duppers Feb 2023 #22

here is what this op is talking about. AllaN01Bear Feb 2023 #3

If I read it correctly, the Sec of Transportation has the authority to reinstate it. MichMan Feb 2023 #4

Reinstating these rules is easier said than done. GoCubsGo Feb 2023 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2023 #8

Every Republican action & policy results in more dead Americans. CaptainTruth Feb 2023 #11

Elaine Lan Chao served as the... keets Feb 2023 #15

Isn't she also DENVERPOPS Feb 2023 #18

And isn't it great . . . ? gratuitous Feb 2023 #16

Would the better braking system have prevented this? LisaM Feb 2023 #12

How about the cost cutting DENVERPOPS Feb 2023 #19

Absolutely agree. LisaM Feb 2023 #21

Just implement today's technology.. NowsTheTime Feb 2023 #24

To me it seems almost inexcusable... NowsTheTime Feb 2023 #23