#ThePressProject #train #TrainSafety #railway #TrainCollision #FinancialScandal #Europe #Greece #Tempi #coverup #corruption #justice #news
"Hundreds of thousands rally across Greece and Europe demanding justice for Tempe victims"
#ThePressProject #train #TrainSafety #railway #TrainCollision #FinancialScandal #Europe #Greece #Tempi #coverup #corruption #justice #news
"Hundreds of thousands rally across Greece and Europe demanding justice for Tempe victims"
#EPA data make it hard to know the extent of the #contamination from last year’s #Ohio #derailment
By JOSH FUNK - Associated Press
September 24, 2024
"The way the Environmental Protection Agency has reported its test results since the disastrous East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment last year makes it hard for residents to know the full extent of the contamination they have been exposed to that they worry could increase their risk of cancer. A new Associated Press analysis of data from the agency — along with results from #NorfolkSouthern’s contractors who are carrying out the cleanup and independent testers in East Palestine — raise questions about whether the EPA is disclosing everything it knows. The agency’s lack of transparency, combined with independent tests that appear to show lingering problem areas in town, are making it hard for some residents to trust the EPA."
Kanchanjungha Express accident: Initial probe blames lapses by goods train crew, Jalpaiguri division’s operating department
The report also suggests that the Kanchanjungha Express was waiting at one of the defective signals when the goods train hit it from behind.
#WestBengal #darjeeling #KanchenjungaExpressAccident #KanchenjungaExpress #TrainSafety #TrainAccidents #india
Kanchanjunga Express Tragedy: Railways Focus on Deceased Driver, Workers Point to Systemic Failures
Railway workers have questioned the authorities' action against the deceased driver, who they claim was overworked. Little attention was paid to the signalling failure, they said.
#KanchenjungaExpressAccident #WestBengal #darjeeling #TrainAccidents #TrainSafety #india
https://thewire.in/government/kanchanjunga-express-railways-driver-workers
Kanchanjunga Express accident: goods train driver violated speed restriction norms, says Railway Board
The board said though the driver of the goods train was given authorisation to cross all red signals as the automatic signalling system was ‘defective’, the train’s speed was above the permissible limit; however, loco pilots’ body claimed the crew was not at fault because the authority letter suggested that the line in the section was clear.
#KanchenjungaExpressAccident #WestBengal #darjeeling #TrainSafety #india
Kanchanjungha Express accident: Documents show goods train driver not at fault, allowed to pass red signals
According to the source, the automatic signalling system between RNI and CAT was defective since 5.50 am Monday.
#KanchenjungaExpressAccident #TrainSafety #TrainAccidents #darjeeling #WestBengal #india
Over 329 lives lost due to train accidents, security issues since August 2021
Kanchanjungha Express accident is the latest addition to rail accidents in India since Ashwini Vaishnaw took charge as Minister in 2021. Balasore accident in June 2023 killed at least 296.
#KanchenjungaExpressAccident #TrainAccidents #TrainSafety #AshwiniVaishnaw #RailwayMinistry #BJP #IndianRailways #india
Two of India’s Railway Ministers have resigned on moral grounds after massive accidents
Demands of resignation of India's Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw have risen, after one of India’s most disastrous rail tragedies in many years took place in Odisha on June 2, killing at least 270 people. (Article from June 2023)
#IndianRailwayMinisters #TrainAccidents #TrainSafety #congress #JDU #AITC #TMC #BJP #odisha #balasore #india
Five dead as passenger train rams into goods train in Bengal
DM, SP, doctors, ambulances and disaster teams have been rushed to the site for rescue, recovery, medical assistance, said CM Mamata Banerjee
#WestBengal #darjeeling #kanchanjungha #KanchenjungaExpress #KanchenjungaExpressAccident #TrainSafety #india
Smile, You’re With the PM and Your Train Isn’t on Time
To the blessed Railway Minister, the brief is clear. Millions visit railway stations every day. It is important to take political advantage of this captive crowd.
#IndianRailways #NarendraModi #ModiSelfieBooths #TrainSafety #BJP #elections2024 #
https://thewire.in/government/railway-narendra-modi-selfie-booth
Rail Problem: House GOP Wants to Undermine Trains Exactly When We Need Them Most — Streetsblog USA #BudgetCuts #TrainSafety
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/05/26/rail-problem-house-gop-wants-to-undermine-trains-exactly-when-we-need-them-most
Boo hoo... Profits are down! Make them clean up their mess before they go bankrupt!
#NorfolkSouthern Lifts Ohio #Derailment Cost to Over $800 Million
Story by Esther Fung, July 27, 2023
"Norfolk Southern raised its estimate on costs associated with the #EastPalestine, Ohio, train derailment to $803 million, a move that sent its profit sharply lower in the second quarter.
"The updated cost forecast Thursday was more than double the estimate that the Atlanta-based railroad operator provided earlier this year.
"Executives said that the bulk of the costs are from the #environmental clean-up, and added that there may be additional legal costs, fines and penalties in the coming quarters. These are difficult to estimate, they said."
Collisions could be stopped
With auto-braking technology
Delayed and neglected
#trainsafety #greece #technology #haiku #poetry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/world/europe/greece-rail-safety.html
@brianpjcronin After reading the 2019 article, I looked at a map to trace the route of the tracks, which end at West Point. Oops, nope, actually that’s a train tunnel. Under the Military Academy.
Is it “too soon” to imagine a freight train carrying deadly chemicals derailing/exploding in that tunnel? 2/2
Alarm on the train
Overheating bearing sound
Tragedy strikes again
#trainderailment #trainsafety #eastpalestine #haiku #poetry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/us/politics/ohio-train-east-palestine-ntsb-buttigieg.html