Cameron on Transportation
In CT, Not Much Need to Worry About Chemicals Leaking in Rail Accidents — But Only Because We Use Trucks
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Americans have been thinking about the safety of our railroads a lot in recent days, and with good reason. On Valentine’s Day a Metro-North train made a slow speed crash into the protective rail bumper at the end of the line in New Canaan. The train was unoccupied (aside from its crew, one of whom was slightly injured) and the train derailed, causing minor damage. The location has seen similar derailments in the past but there’s no use speculating on what happened, or why, pending a formal inquiry. But if this had happened in the evening rush hour when the train would have been crowded with commuters, the outcome could have been different.