From: gl4317@yahoo.com

In article ,
 "conklin"  wrote:

> domestic airline accidents.  That would translate into zero oil train
> derailments.  But right now no one cares about oil trains.  As is obvious
> with your posts.


Actually, considering recent discussion that anyone can see by looking
at past post subjects, it is possible to see that there are a number of
us posting here that care about what is going on with these trains.

However, track condition is only a small part of what is going on.  The
fact is that track is rated for certain speeds, and the rating is not
based on if it is acceptable for one type of train to derail and other
types not.

If track is truly in bad condition, it becomes "excepted" by the FRA and
hazardous materials are not allowed to move over it.

So, apparently the FRA doesn't think this track was in bad enough
condition to take it out of service.

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