From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Adam H. Kerman"  wrote in message   
   news:lkh5p6$k1b$1@news.albasani.net...   
   > conklin  wrote:   
   >>"Wayne Hines"  wrote:   
   >>>On Thu, 08 May 2014 08:44:50 -0400, conklin wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>The press is reporting today that the Feds are in fact going to give   
   >>>>those living on the routes of trains hauling crude oil some warning of   
   >>>>the dangers they might face.  Or at least that seems the intent.  Given   
   >>>>the profit involved to the carriers, I am wondering why the Feds don't   
   >>>>also insist on track upgrdes on those routes.   
   >   
   >>>Perhaps there is no need for track upgrades on those routes.   
   >   
   >>Well, tell that to Lynchburg, VA....the track was fine.  There was no   
   >>accident.  It was all imagination.   
   >   
   > I must have missed the imaginary news story. Could we wait till there's   
   > an authoritative report backing up your allegations?   
      
   You mean give warning to local authorities?  You must not read very much.   
      
   Today the NY Times points out that 10 of the 13 cars that derailed  and   
   burned in Lynchburg, VA, were CPC-1232s, or the newer cars.  And that   
   includes the car which dumped 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the James   
   river.  There was also an earlier accident in which the "new" standard cars   
   also failed.  So it looks like even cars built under the improved standards   
   are ineffective in preventing spills and fires.  I doubt the train was   
   traveling very fast in downtown Lynchburg either.   
      
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