Another train derailment happened yesterday this time in West Virginia

[Elim Garak]

 

[CopiousX]

I'm surprised nobody has made a thread about Norfolk Southern's third derailment in Alabama. They had 2 in the same month.


Csx is alright as long as they don't mess up as badly as Norfolk. And that west Virginia one doesn't seem like company error if mother nature was involved

 

[Canada Goose]

The U.S averages about 1,000 train derailments a year.

 

[Elim Garak]

The U.S averages about 1,000 train derailments a year.

That shyt needs to be improved on.

 

[Jahbarri]

Train derailment season.. im choosing to avoid via rail picking up my son smh.. we should make an official post with all the train derailments in the last month!

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

The U.S averages about 1,000 train derailments a year.

I would really like to disagree but it's not hard finding train accident vids on youtube.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Infrastructure….something, something, something

 

[Bunchy Carter]

I guess Biden's Infrastructure Bill is working out pretty well

 

[RAX 010]

Suspicious

 

[BaggerofTea]

Eh, derailments are common

 

[Child_Of_God]

Flying in a plane is statistically more safer then catching the train.

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Suspicious

It's not.

How common are train derailments in US? Over 1,000 occur every year, data show

These recent incidents might lead travelers to wonder just how often trains come loose from their tracks. It turns out, the phenomenon occurs fairly regularly, according to federal government data. The accidents are often minor and rarely lead to death or injury, though some have led to major environmental disasters.

About 1,000 derailments occur every year across the United States, according to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). In 2022, there were 1,044 instances of trains coming off their tracks.

Broken or defective railroads are one of the most common causes of derailments, according to the FRA. Faulty or missing crossties — beams perpendicular to rails — triggered 5.6% of the derailments in 2022, making it the single largest cause of derailments.

Excessive speed, track obstructions like snow, ice or mud, and faulty switch points — sections of the track where trains change direction — were some of the other leading causes of derailment in 2022. Derailments have decreased substantially over the past five decades. Annual derailments are down from 6,328 in 1975, the first year the Bureau of Transportation Statistics began reporting such data.

Additionally, fatalities associated with railways have long been a rare occurrence. Recently, there have been fewer than 10 per year. Fatalities caused by derailments, as opposed to collisions or other forms of accidents, are even more infrequent. Between 2017 and 2021, there have only been six fatalities directly caused by derailments, according to data. In fact, trains are among the safer modes of transportation, according to research by Ian Savage, an economist at Northwestern University.

Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article272504491.html#storylink=cpy

 

[Kuma the Bear]

Unless the train just happened to unexpectedly hit the rockslide at that moment, shouldn't the pathing routes be checked first by officials to see if it's safe for trains to cross through especially during seasons or certain periods that landslides/rockslides are likely to occur?

Stuff like this would be improved with better infrastructure provided or some strong fencing fitted around some of the tracks.

 

[Seoul Gleou]

Eh, derailments are common

i was going to neg you but then

Compared to other countries, the US has a relatively low rate of train derailments. According to data from the International Union of Railways, the US had 0.7 derailments per million train kilometers traveled in 2019, which is lower than the global average of 2.7 derailments per million train kilometers traveled.

derailments are fairly common. the environmental impacts may be different though for other countries versus america

 

[ORDER_66]

This is getting ridiculous...