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Warpy

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8. This will be fun to untangle and sort out

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2024, 09:19 PM

Mar 2024

My money's on another aging and poorly maintained locomotive with shit brakes. This was low speed since no one got hurt, so the moving train that hit the stopped train had to be going really slowly.

The oncoming train on the other track just had bad luck, no mystery about that.

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Three trains involved in 'collision and derailment' in eastern Pennsylvania; no injuries reported [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 2024 OP

OOPS!!! elleng Mar 2024 #1

3 trains? how does that happen? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #2

OBVIOUSLY! elleng Mar 2024 #3

River grade. DEbluedude Mar 2024 #5

Three trains. That almost takes coordination. Helluva coincidence, eh? keithbvadu2 Mar 2024 #4

Not that far-fetched. An similar but deadly 3-train crash happened last year in India. Eugene Mar 2024 #10

Not really. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2024 #17

Amazing that there were PlutosHeart Mar 2024 #6

GPS for train traffic? yankee87 Mar 2024 #7

This will be fun to untangle and sort out Warpy Mar 2024 #8

I'm going to wager that one or more of the trains was undercrewed Kennah Mar 2024 #9

My B-I-L worked for a railroad here in the west before he retired. He was a Union Rep for a long time Attilatheblond Mar 2024 #14

I'm in Washington, and I attend WSLC (Washington State Labor Council) Kennah Mar 2024 #19

I'm going with blaming Norfolk Southern on this one. eggplant Mar 2024 #11

Beat me to it... IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 2024 #16

You bet it was a minimum crew-profits you know no matter who or what gets hurt or killed Stargazer99 Mar 2024 #12

John Oliver Talked About This Very Problem chwaliszewski Mar 2024 #13

Surely 'Precision Scheduled Railroading' had a part in this collision... EarthFirst Mar 2024 #15

Norfolk Southern again Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2024 #18

Dumped diesel fuel into the Lehigh River - I'd call that hazardous to river life Number9Dream Mar 2024 #20

The rail corporations have been laying off workers, we can expect more rail disasters, one would think the insurance ShazamIam Mar 2024 #21

Not surprising since a lot of railroad tracks in the USA look like this. Crowman2009 Mar 2024 #22

YouTube video of the wreck Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2024 #23