From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Wayne Hines"  wrote in message   
   news:g91cv.19665$6A3.2249@fx29.iad...   
   > On Sun, 11 May 2014 19:55:07 -0400, conklin wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Nobody"  wrote in message   
   >> news:dg10n9tiqf5j54neb363vthpi3jqc61igh@4ax.com...   
   >>> On Thu, 08 May 2014 21:28:47 GMT, 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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>gwh   
   >>>   
   >>> Thank you!   
   >>   
   >> Crappy track is ok with you.  Work for a RR?   
   >   
   > George, in addition to being an expert on airport finances, are you also   
   > a qualified railroad track inspector?   
   >   
       You act as if train derailments are acts of God, not dependent on bad   
   track.  As long as the RR industry assumes accidents are normal and victims   
   can be paid off with a few dollars after 5-10 years in court, then it is   
   just a cost of doing business and things will never be improved.  Airline   
   accidents are approached quite differently and last year no one died in   
   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.   
      
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