A recent video shows a shocking sight: a mother who is casually walking her child over railroad tracks in a stroller, while ignoring the blinking lights, safety cross arms and train approaching. They make it across with just a few seconds to spare before the train rushes by at 60 mph. The passengers who are…
The public in Virginia is getting an early look at details regarding trains loaded with crude oil that often travel through the state. CSX operates up to five trains per week with crude oil in Virginia, according to a report that was filed with Virginia’s Department of Emergency Management this month. This disclosure was filed…
A recent editorial in a California newspaper called on railroad companies and railroad safety regulators to come together and make some desperately needed improvements to ensure that railroad employees and innocent civilians are protected from future derailments. The editorial points out that as oil production in the United States has ramped up, the stress to…
Asbestos is bad, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that. But most people don’t know the specifics about it or very much about mesothelioma which is the disease that it causes. First a little about asbestos. Chrysotile or white asbestos is the most commonly encountered form of asbestos, accounting for approximately 95% of…
An inspection of the railroad tracks in Lynchburg by CSX discovered a flaw in the rail the day before 17 cars carrying volatile Bakken crude oil derailed and fell into the James River in downtown Richmond. Massoud Tahamtani, director of the State Corporation Commission Division of Utility and Railroad Safety, informed a rail safety task…