From: ahk@chinet.com

conklin  wrote:
>"Glen Labah"  wrote:
>>"conklin"  wrote:

>>>So let us wonder what would be the results would have been of Federal
>>>inspection of the track in Lynchburg, VA?

>>If it is legal for a freight train to operate over it, then it would
>>have had to meet some standard or other.  At some point in time, it
>>would to have had to have been inspected.  The frequency of inspection
>>depends on the type of track.

>>This article explains a bit about track inspectors and track inspection:

>>http://trn.trains.com/en/Railroad%20Reference/ABCs%20of%20Rail
oading/2006/05/Track%20classifications.aspx

>And oil trains need to be limited to what type of track?  Presumably they
>cold run on any.

Uh, track maintained to whatever standard it's claimed to be maintained to
pulled by locomotives whose engineers don't exceed speed limits, just like
any other train?

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