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Lawsuits filed over Conrail derailment
Here is a new solution to an old problem. How about not purchasing a house next to a railroad track if you are not willing to deal with the potential risks? These idiots are like the idiots who buy a house under the flight path of an airport, and then complain about the noise. Or the potential for aircraft parts to fall on them.
Blaming the operating personnel for following procedure properly and by the book should be automatically thrown out.
As for untrained emergency personnel, that issue should be dealt with separately from the railroad. If you are stupid enough to walk into a vapor cloud near a known chemical spill, it’s your own fault. I was told a long time ago, if you come across a truck accident and see the driver running away really fast, ignore the emergency personnel and try to outrun the driver. 10 times out of 10 the driver knows more about the contents than the emergency personnel. The same concept applies to railroad spills. If the railroad people are running away, it is wise to do the same, not get closer because emergency personnel said it is safe. As for the emergency personnel being untrained, guess what? Not all emergency personnel can be trained for every possible scenario. They can only do their best with what knowledge they have.
heres a idea . why not replace the bridge?? built in 1873 this bridge is so past its experation date like a gallon of milk . just like over 140 bridges that amtrak needs to replace on the nec and keystone line in pa and refuse to adress until one fails and kills many people .,I suggest you get your facts straight before shooting your mouth off sir . per june 2009 phila inquier investigative report . the bridge in paulsboro was built by the phila and reading rr
With that logic I’d be an idiot for buying a house near a street because there is always the possibility that a car could drive off the road and into my front room. Its not reasonable to have a huge buffer zone around all railroad tracks just in case there is a bridge collapse and a train falls into a river spilling its contents. Bridges don’t normally collapse on their own, its usually due to lack of maintenance or problems with the design.
An incident/accident happened. Action/response was put in place with the best available assets/personnel and knowledge at the time. Our Federal Government/FRA is investigating and will establish cause/blame. Unfortunately their decision may be too long in coming to light. I like the idea of not living by the road, or the railroad, or the creek that is one solution also. Concerning comment about truck drivers/railroad employees and their knowledge etc. consider how much time, energy is spent by these companies on training for these emergency incidents. Last but not least, what was the volume, i.e. number of hazardous rail tankers, in gallons, that transversed the state of New Jersey last year ? While this is a tragic accident/incident, we need the hazardous materials moved around, that is our way of life and the railroad provides historically a very safe way of transportation.
An incident/accident happened. Action/response was put in place with the best available assets/personnel and knowledge at the time. Our Federal Government/FRA is investigating and will establish cause/blame. Unfortunately their decision may be too long in coming to light. I like the idea of not living by the road, or the railroad, or the creek that is one solution also. Concerning comment about truck drivers/railroad employees and their knowledge etc. consider how much time, energy is spent by these companies on training for these emergency incidents. Last but not least, what was the volume, i.e. number of hazardous rail tankers, in gallons, that transversed the state of New Jersey last year ? While this is a tragic accident/incident, we need the hazardous materials moved around, that is our way of life and the railroad provides historically a very safe way of transportation.
An incident/accident happened. Action/response was put in place with the best available assets/personnel and knowledge at the time. Our Federal Government/FRA is investigating and will establish cause/blame. Unfortunately their decision may be too long in coming to light. I like the idea of not living by the road, or the railroad, or the creek that is one solution also. Concerning comment about truck drivers/railroad employees and their knowledge etc. consider how much time, energy is spent by these companies on training for these emergency incidents. Last but not least, what was the volume, i.e. number of hazardous rail tankers, in gallons, that transversed the state of New Jersey last year ? While this is a tragic accident/incident, we need the hazardous materials moved around, that is our way of life and the railroad provides historically a very safe way of transportation.