Train Derailment

[BGCATFAN2012]

Anyone live near that situation and have any inside to how bad it is or isnt.

 

[WayneDougan_rivals170043]

All I know is this... I do a lot of work with the logistics or rail. I was once at a chemical plant where they said if the car you're standing on blows up it's sayonara for not just all of the plant, but everybody in the town. I can't remember what chemical was in the railcar but I'm certainly glad I'm not dealing with that stuff anymore.

 

[rbs]

Train derailments are really challenging to respond to …you must have the manifest of what is being transported and you have to be able to quickly know how different combinations of material being transported might interact/react. You cannot enter the “hot zone” until you have that information. Consequently, that’s why you often end up with a controlled explosion/burn and evacuation …which is what we are seeing with this event.

 

[WayneDougan_rivals170043]

Train derailments are really challenging to respond to …you must have the manifest of what is being transported and you have to be able to quickly know how different combinations of material being transported might interact/react. You cannot enter the “hot zone” until you have that information. Consequently, that’s why you often end up with a controlled explosion/burn and evacuation …which is what we are seeing with this event.

In theory this should be easily to find (the manifest), but some of these rail companies still think it's 1912.

 

[Kaizer Sosay]

I’ll wait for Dion’s expert opinion. No doubt he has extensive knowledge on the subject.