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Anon wants to ride a zeppelin (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 17 points 4 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.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 13 points 4 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.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

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

[–] dharmacurious 4 points 4 months ago

What the frickity fuck?