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   Message 2,733 of 3,261   
   Adam H. Kerman to conklin   
   Re: safety improvements why not for oil    
   19 May 14 13:07:16   
   
   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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