From: jgrove24@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, May 12, 2014 8:34:31 AM UTC-5, conklin wrote:   
   > "Wayne Hines"  wrote in message   
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   > news:g91cv.19665$6A3.2249@fx29.iad...   
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   > > On Sun, 11 May 2014 19:55:07 -0400, conklin wrote:   
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   > >> "Nobody"  wrote in message   
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   > >> news:dg10n9tiqf5j54neb363vthpi3jqc61igh@4ax.com...   
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   > >>> On Thu, 08 May 2014 21:28:47 GMT, Wayne Hines   
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   > >>>  wrote:   
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   > >>>>On Thu, 08 May 2014 08:44:50 -0400, conklin wrote:   
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   > >>>>> The press is reporting today that the Feds are in fact going to give   
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   > >>>>> those living on the routes of trains hauling crude oil some warning   
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   > >>>>> of the dangers they might face.  Or at least that seems the intent.   
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   > >>>>> Given the profit involved to the carriers, I am wondering why the   
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   > >>>>> Feds don't also insist on track upgrdes on those routes.   
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   > >>>>Perhaps there is no need for track upgrades on those routes.   
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   > >>>>gwh   
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   > >>> Thank you!   
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   > >> Crappy track is ok with you.  Work for a RR?   
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   > > George, in addition to being an expert on airport finances, are you also   
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   > > a qualified railroad track inspector?   
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   >     You act as if train derailments are acts of God, not dependent on bad   
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   > track.  As long as the RR industry assumes accidents are normal and victims   
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   > can be paid off with a few dollars after 5-10 years in court, then it is   
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   > just a cost of doing business and things will never be improved.  Airline   
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   > accidents are approached quite differently and last year no one died in   
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   > domestic airline accidents.  That would translate into zero oil train   
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   > derailments.  But right now no one cares about oil trains.  As is obvious   
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   > with your posts.   
      
   I won't rule out a criminal act by any number of looney types, from locals to   
   international.   
      
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