Amtrak says several cars derailed on a passenger train after it hit a dump truck at a public crossing in Missouri. There are early reports of multiple injuries.
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It's Trump's fault
Please stop with the at grade crossings.
While I was living in Europe for 16 years, I have personally seen that in Germany and France, Concrete Rail Road Ties are always used because the Concrete Ties hold the Trains on the Tracks much more securely.
The wooden Ties rot out after time even after being treated with Creosote wood preservative and the Bolts pull out which causes the Rail to be loose.
The wooden Ties are not able to withstand the extreme Stress of the Train hitting the Dump Truck. This why the Train De- Railed.
Take a look at "Rail Construction Trains in Germany" on YouTube. I believe that you will find this very interesting to watch.
These Rail Construction Trains in Germany are over 2 miles long. This special Construction Train automatically takes up the old Railroad Ties and the old gravel, then at the same time, places the new Concrete Ties down, precisely spaced from the last Tie, and then puts down new gravel, then the Rail is replaced, to begin with. Extremely complicated Machinery.
The Germans are far more advanced in Railroad Technology than the Americans are.
What's really weird is NBC said there was over "240 passengers on the Amtrak", on their first news broadcast. This broadcast, was 2 hours after that, (also posted by NBC), and it says there was 207 passengers. Hmmm.
My neck and my back
I thought we had our independence long before the British empire could have left us with railroads we're still using? Maybe we should share parts with India, the Middle East, and Africa?
Amtrak is trash…false flag for more government pork courtesy of the American taxpayers!!
What caused derailment? 😲
China can help!
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Chez les gendarmes du monde que le train est déraillé, c'est pire que les pays du tiers monde, c'est incroyable pour un pays riche
Now they'll unhook biden from his life support so he can bloviate about roe v. Wade. Ah can't you just feel the unity?
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Racing down the track
Far from our families
Who will miss us till we're back.
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As we glide across a silver bridge
Above the Mighty Mo.
What we'll see when we look down
We never really know.
Behind us on those rolling wheels
Are cars with souls inside
If we should jump the rail
History shall judge our ride.
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Thank you Eli's Dad for being so Respectful to the
truck drivers Family, Thank You to Eli at 15 yrs old
to give comfort and aid to the driver and
those other Boy Scouts Troop 73 & Troop 12 in
Appleton and others that helped people
involved in that accident where people
lost their lives and others injured in one
way or another..Condolences to the Families
of those lost and prayers for the injured
and their Families and to those also that
just experienced this tragic accident.
Count me out of riding trains… and planes.
So many deaths and injuries could be prevented if only trains and school buses would install seat belts. What’s so hard about that.
At first I thought this was just an accident but the way things have been going I wonder if this wasn't done on purpose. Poor train. Just minding your own business watching the scenery and bam !!! Very scary. 🇺🇸🦅
"Multiple injured after dump truck derails train"!
People are in the comments here dissing train travel when it's the most economically and environmentally friendly. This was on the driver , not the train. let's talk about how many people die in car accidents daily due to negligence on a driver's behalf. Or maybe let's take a look into how many people survived this derailment as opposed to how many would have survived a plane crash? Train travel is the future, let go of the past. Ignorance is bliss though, so have fun with that. Rest in peace to everyone affected, but people need to realize the real issue.
To everyone blaming the ties since they are wooden:
It doesn’t matter, period. The dump truck was loaded which means when Amtrak’s light locomotives hit it, they were easily thrown off the rail thus taking the train with them. At 79+ miles an hour the train will destroy anything next to the railbed (including the rail) depending on the circumstance as it derails.
Honestly im starting to think the 79mph limit is nedded after seeing this if this was going top speed it could had been worse
Exact