Trump and RFK Jr. urge Congress to pass the Railway Safety Act within the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill to prevent another East Palestine disaster.
S.576 - Railway Safety Act of 2023 sponsored by DEMOCRATIC Senator Sherrod Brown (Ohio) - not by Vance. He signed on afterwards, being a local and all - https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/s576
The bill does not " ... entirely change the way the big railroads in America operate and have operated since the late 1800s." It targets hazardous material trains, inspection standards, operational safety rules and reporting systems. It increases penalties for companies that violate regulations
The bill includes stricter speed management for hazmat trains and increased federal authority to regulate speeds under certain conditions. There is no universal statutory limit of 50 mph, nor any blanket 40 mph rule for “high-threat urban areas."
OrangeBabyMoron regulating rail carriers? The Big-4 must not have bought him enough shiny baubles and trinkets (and CRYPTO). Seems like they're trying to keep nutty-bobby from ruining more stuff.
As usual, the government is missing the big picture. It isn't too many crossings causing the derailments. Look at the size of the trains. They can be 3 miles long. On top of that, the railroads keep trying to decrease the crew size. It is currently just 2 people running these long trains - the engineer and the conductor. When my husband hired out in 1974 there were 5 people running a lot shorter trains. Now the railroads want to only have the engineer on board and no one else. What if there were a medical emergency with this person while they were running the train? The job requirements keep getting more and more difficult to handle, with limited time off. Freight operators are on call 24/7 and lack of good sleep patterns is a major health problem. That can effect performance as well as being on a train for up to 12 hours at a time. The jobs pay well, but there is a cost. When will government start talking to the workers and not listen to the railroad executives whose only motivation is their bottom line. It always comes back to money.
The preponderance of evidence! " train derailment like the one in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023, when a Norfolk Southern train jumped the tracks, spilling hazardous hydrogen chloride that caught fire and burned for more than two days, causing the evacuation of the entire town and costing the railroad $1.1 billion legal settlements and cleanup costs."
Train derailments suddenly increased, especially near highly populated areas, especially those trains carrying toxic chemicals. Same is true for bridge collisions. For the modestly aware, these are hardly accidents. Some derailments have been prevented by the discovery of derailing hardware!! Track inspections prevent catastrophie. Fertilizer plants, food processing centers etc etc etc
Boat veer directly off course to strategicly hit and destroy bridges. About time to wake up, yeah?
S.576 - Railway Safety Act of 2023 sponsored by DEMOCRATIC Senator Sherrod Brown (Ohio) - not by Vance. He signed on afterwards, being a local and all - https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/s576
The bill does not " ... entirely change the way the big railroads in America operate and have operated since the late 1800s." It targets hazardous material trains, inspection standards, operational safety rules and reporting systems. It increases penalties for companies that violate regulations
NASA-schmasa. The bill strengthens the ALREADY USED “close call” reporting systems - https://railroads.dot.gov/railroad-safety/partnerships-programs/confidential-close-call-reporting-system-c3rs
The bill includes stricter speed management for hazmat trains and increased federal authority to regulate speeds under certain conditions. There is no universal statutory limit of 50 mph, nor any blanket 40 mph rule for “high-threat urban areas."
OrangeBabyMoron regulating rail carriers? The Big-4 must not have bought him enough shiny baubles and trinkets (and CRYPTO). Seems like they're trying to keep nutty-bobby from ruining more stuff.
This is Department of Transportation and EPA.
What's Bobby budding in for - Especially when two weeks back he was ranting at several senators that he's not involved with "the environmental stuff."
As usual, the government is missing the big picture. It isn't too many crossings causing the derailments. Look at the size of the trains. They can be 3 miles long. On top of that, the railroads keep trying to decrease the crew size. It is currently just 2 people running these long trains - the engineer and the conductor. When my husband hired out in 1974 there were 5 people running a lot shorter trains. Now the railroads want to only have the engineer on board and no one else. What if there were a medical emergency with this person while they were running the train? The job requirements keep getting more and more difficult to handle, with limited time off. Freight operators are on call 24/7 and lack of good sleep patterns is a major health problem. That can effect performance as well as being on a train for up to 12 hours at a time. The jobs pay well, but there is a cost. When will government start talking to the workers and not listen to the railroad executives whose only motivation is their bottom line. It always comes back to money.
I thank God every day for bringing true and very strong patriots to save our country
It's about time someone is moving on this... There are no regulations on railways across these United States... WHY?
The preponderance of evidence! " train derailment like the one in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023, when a Norfolk Southern train jumped the tracks, spilling hazardous hydrogen chloride that caught fire and burned for more than two days, causing the evacuation of the entire town and costing the railroad $1.1 billion legal settlements and cleanup costs."
Train derailments suddenly increased, especially near highly populated areas, especially those trains carrying toxic chemicals. Same is true for bridge collisions. For the modestly aware, these are hardly accidents. Some derailments have been prevented by the discovery of derailing hardware!! Track inspections prevent catastrophie. Fertilizer plants, food processing centers etc etc etc
Boat veer directly off course to strategicly hit and destroy bridges. About time to wake up, yeah?
I don't understand the desire to eliminate railroad crossings. How would that help prevent derailments?
Okay, that makes sense. Thank you.
Thank you for the info.
We won't stop using railroads, and the infrastructure has been let go to seed for 50 years.