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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm not sure trains derail every day.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This one caught me off guard:

As of October, the FRA has recorded 742 incident reports for train derailments in 2023. Additionally, railroads reported 59 collisions, 12 fires, and 138 highway-rail-crossing incidents, which could include cars or any other vehicles or people at the crossing site.

Since 1975, an average of 2,808 trains have derailed each year, with a peak of 9,400 derailments in 1978.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've got to assume most of those are things like single cars falling off the track in the switching yard or something, not major service-interrupting, cargo-damaging, or injury-causing incidents.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That’s a fair assumption as a non industry expert. Nevertheless OOP was technically correct there. 😅

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

That's wild, I really never would have thought it was that common; thank you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

What the frickity fuck?