THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA , ALL LIES, ALL THE TIME .

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PLX said:
I scoured the web looking for info on what caused the train derailment and found nothing.

Anybody know the story ?
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https://www.post-gazette.com/news/t...nt-video-fire-axle-alert/stories/202302100070
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the derailment, said it believes a mechanical issue with one of the rail car axles is responsible for the accident. Board member Michael Graham said at a news conference on Feb. 4 that the train crew had gotten an alert “shortly before the derailment indicating the mechanical issue,” and started to apply the brakes.

"Investigators are now examining what happened when the train, with its axle on fire, passed through the detector in Salem — 20 miles and more than an hour before arriving in East Palestine...

In his 18 years with the railroad, Mr. Wilcox said he had only a handful of wayside detector alerts that required the train to stop and be inspected.

The alerts are automated recordings that play at each detector. If no defect is found, the message says so. If there’s a problem, the message broadcasts which side and what number axle the crew should inspect.

For an overheating alert, the protocol calls for the train to stop and for the conductor to touch a waxy stick to the suspected defect to see if it melts the wax, explained Dan Cupper, another retired Norfolk Southern locomotive engineer.

A train the length and weight of the 140-car chain that derailed in East Palestine would likely take a mile or a little more to come to a stop, he guessed.

Defect alerts are also monitored by the train dispatcher, who would likely be in touch with the conductor upon hearing about a hot wheel, he said.

“If it’s not working, you will get a message saying the detector is not working,” Mr. Wilcox said. “If that message gets to the dispatcher's office, they immediately send somebody out, day or night,” he said.

Jennifer Gabris, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said on Thursday, “Investigators will check all the alarms and detectors to determine if they were or were not functioning properly.”

The agency is expected to release its preliminary findings within about 30 days."
 
You get used to it. I don't even see the code anymore, all I see is blonde, redhead, brunette...
 
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