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0 pointsmcv9mo ago0 comments

Wasn't there a big train crash with hazardous materials on an understaffed train a few years ago? And a strike for more sensible working conditions that was struck down by Congress?

I love that the US moves so much freight by train rather than truck, but everything I hear about how trains are run in the US sounds terrible.

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queenkjuul9mo ago· 1 in thread

The infrastructure is horrifying and the railroads do everything possible to defer any and all maintenance. Practically every train arrives late, but the customers can't really do much about it (how else are you going to move 4 million pounds of coal?)

bluGill9mo ago

The main infratructor is in great shape. There are a lot of little used lines in terrible shape

supertrope9mo ago· 1 in thread

The East Palestine, Ohio crash can’t be directly blamed on lean staffing.

Biden for all his pro-union talk intervened to prevent a strike, valuing consumers and capital over the union.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-13/tracking-productivity...

DrewADesign9mo ago

Yeah, kind of like when they put ‘style’ on the end of a product that copies the aesthetic of something without functionally being that thing— like a kosher-style deli or a professional-style stove— the mainstream democratic leaders are pro-labor-style politicians.

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