Could it have been Sabotage? New footage of the train derailment surfaces
🚨#BREAKING: New video shows sparks and flames just minutes before Ohio derailment ⁰⁰📌#EastPalestine | #Ohio⁰
Watch as Newly released video shows the sparks and flames coming from the train 20 miles before the site of the disastrous train derailment pic.twitter.com/PGeM1mYn9I… https://t.co/TAB7A2FaYI— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) February 14, 2023
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In my very humble opinion, it was a “Hotbox,” an axle roller bearing siezed, dragged the wheel and it eventually failed. Wayside defect detectors are in place to detect these things, and I believe one caught this one, but it was too late at that point.
In the “grand old days,” trains had a crew of 4-5, with an engineer, fireman and head brakeman up front, and rear brakeman and conductor riding the caboose. This kept more eyes on every train, and a seasoned crewmember could smell a hot bearing before it failed and would be able to pull the air and stop the train.
Nowadays, the corporate attitude of the big railroads have whittled the crew down to two, with both on the engine and none on the rear. Not nearly as many eyes are on the train. This is coupled with thousands of recent layoffs that include trackmen, car repairers, train crews, signal maintainers etc, and while allowing the short term gain of higher profite margins, decrease the workforce and creating an air of exhaustion with the remaining employees. In short, the railroads have bragged about record profits for the last few years from cutting to the bone, but IMO are now getting ready to reap the rewards of lack of maintenance and workers. They coined a term for it, “PSR.”
Again, just this man’s humble opinion. Could sabotage be a cause? Absolutely. Look at all the rest of the shenanigans going on with our industrial fires. Several years ago someone attempted to derail an Amtrak train in SC by parking a bulldozer on the track; Amtrak was late and they wrecked a freight instead. There are many instances in the Pacific Northwest of sabotage attempts on railroads. I am honestly surprised there haven’t been more, as they are very vulnerable, with many thousands of miles of track in the middle of nowhere than are impossible to constantly monitor.
Like many of the constant warnings from this site and others, we should tighten our belts and steady our hands, as I expect things to get much worse. You would be surprised how much nasty stuff moves by rail, I deal with it on a daily basis. Any railroad in close proximity should be included in an area study, and one can figure out what they haul by watching the trains go by and taking note of the hazmat placards on the sides of the cars.
Thanks for the effort brother…trains are too cool as granpappy used to take me down to the Milwaukee Road main shop down in the river valley. Hid father and granfather too. But square this in the alchemical processing of the group mind……White Noise | Official Trailer | Netflix……mere months before. Art does not imitate reality in the dark freak show they REVEL in but the converse………all who cannot fathom evil will soon get many more lessons……its not an accident this time….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgwKZAMx_gM
…”Brief descriptions of the actions and observations
by the EPA”…. :
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First of all, I live in South Central Ohio along the Ohio River. It will interesting to see how this plays out & how much of this will affect the region. There still is farming done in this part of the Buckeye State & many residents still get their drinking & sanitary water from it. Since there is also poverty here, I really doubt if much will be done. The same with up in New Palestine. I can remember back to the late 1950’s when the river was dirt brown. Virtually everything liquid manufactured in that great industrial era was dumped into the Ohio somewhere along the route including radioactive waste.
I once worked as a freight conductor for the CSX. I can agree with Railsash’s great comment. Safety & a very unpredictable work schedule is why I quit. Also, I was involved in derailment while switching cars in a now defunct yard. Keep in mind, railroad work is a very dangerous occupation, especially at night or in bad weather. If you live or work near a live track(s), read Railsash’s last paragraph. There is a lot of hazardous materials being transported via rail. Across the Ohio River from me in Kentucky, the CSX has a route that transports chemicals, coal & flammables. Another New Palestine could happen there or anywhere.