Train derailments occur roughly 1k times a year in the United States

Post by Ballu » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 7:12 PM UTC

fransje26 wrote: post #14

ragingrobot wrote: post #3

Unfortunately this fact is buried half way into the article. From personal experience in commuter rail, derailments happen more often than one would like, but most are not severe enough to attract attention. A single axle off the rail counts as derailment, and may get reported as such for statistical purposes. This can happen frequently on a siding or in a storage yard. Where there's no significant damage, the car bo…

> To be frank, while that number looks significant, when one considers how many miles of track there is in this country and how many miles the rolling stock travels (bad track is just as guilty as bad rolling stock), it could be far worse. No, that's putting your head in the sand. Per ton-mile it's already far, far worse than in Europe & Russia. https://i.imgur.com/CrzErQx.png Taken from: https://d-rail-project.eu/IM…