Is April 2017 seems to have more trains derailing then normal?

[mudchicken]

Just the annual spring surge in alarmists.

[rrnut282]

It's spring time.  The ground heaves and subsides while thawing out.  Happens about this same time every year.  It can, and does make trackwork less stable. 

[Deggesty]

"siganifagant"  Is this a portmanteau word (ref: Lewis Carroll)? If so, what other words does it contain?

[csxns]

CSX derailed three grain hoppers going into the Case Farms at Shelby NC today check out the Shelby Star web.

[Murphy Siding]

No.  Do you?

[CandOforprogress2]

Seems that CSX and NS are spilling trains all over the place. Would this have to do with a rather dry winter and ground conditions in April. There has not been a siganifagant rain storm in the Northeast in at least 3 weeks. The ground here in NOVA is bone dry.