From: w.d.hines.unspammed@ns.sympatico.nospam.ca   
      
   On Mon, 12 May 2014 19:51:19 -0400, conklin wrote:   
      
   > "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.   
      
   Wrong again, George.   
      
   gwh   
      
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