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   "Wayne Hines"  wrote in message   
   news:7h6cv.20338$nM7.6937@fx25.iad...   
   > On Mon, 12 May 2014 09:34:31 -0400, conklin wrote:   
   >   
   >> "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.   
   >   
   > George, it's obvious you know little about rail accidents. "Bad track" is   
   > not the only cause of derailments.   
   >   
   >>Airline accidents are approached quite differently and last   
   >> year no one died in domestic airline accidents.   
   >   
   > That depends on your definition of "domestic airline accidents", or have   
   > you forgotten about the three people who died when that 777 crashed on   
   > landing at San Francisco.   
   >   
   >> That would translate   
   >> into zero oil train derailments.  But right now no one cares about oil   
   >> trains.  As is obvious with your posts.   
   >   
   > Wrong again, George.   
   >   
   > gwh   
      
   I guess you think that the best routes for oil trains is over the most   
   direct route, and the hell with track condition.   
      
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