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   John Albert to conklin   
   Re: An another oil train fire in Norther   
   11 Mar 15 19:02:02   
   
   From: j.albert@snet.net   
      
   On 3/9/15 8:00 PM, conklin wrote:   
   > The article all but says that the "new" standards do not work either.  Is   
   > there any proven design which might work at reasonable speeds?   
      
   As long as a train is moving, something can (and often does) go wrong.   
      
   That's the way it is.   
      
   Sounds simplistic, but 32 years' worth of railroadin' taught me this   
   truth...   
      
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