The tracks are a mile away. The interstate is a half mile away. The airplanes on landing approach are about 500 feet away. A city street runs right past my front yard. Gas and electric lines run under my lawn right up to the house! I think the trains are the least of my worries.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Run for the hills.....
sigh.
An "expensive model collector"
CShaveRRMore journalistic fear-mongering.
Precisely.
Norm
What about all those BOMB TRUCKS that drive by most people's houses, driven by log book faking drivers that are barely awake at the wheel popping Amphetamines like they are candy.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Well, by all means, let's stop all trains at the borders and turn them back, because some of them are known derailers and blower-uppers.More journalistic fear-mongering.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Buslistand if they were is FRA criminally responsible for not ensuring complance?
Sounds like a "non-waiver" issue to me.
SOS DD
Get a copy of the Emergency Response Guide and spend an hour or two roadside - or better yet, downtown.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Convicted One Which inspires a calculated thought: Certain modern carriers are notorious for neglect of their plant. If a "bomb train" happened to have a mishap on a neglected bridge belonging to a carrier having such a reputation, and the incident is proven as resulting from deterioration, shouldn't that carrier be held criminally liable?
Which inspires a calculated thought: Certain modern carriers are notorious for neglect of their plant. If a "bomb train" happened to have a mishap on a neglected bridge belonging to a carrier having such a reputation, and the incident is proven as resulting from deterioration, shouldn't that carrier be held criminally liable?
Since said "neglectful" carrier is required by FRA regulation to perform certain inspection and maintenance practices it would be almost impossible to say they are neglectful, and if they were is FRA criminally responsible for not ensuring complance?
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=6251b7103fbaf569f3fc83c027572e3f&mc=true&node=pt49.4.237&rgn=div5
Don't miss this part: "Deadly Crossing: Neglected Bridges & Exploding Oil Trains," (downloadable PDF)
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