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Number9Dream

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20. Dumped diesel fuel into the Lehigh River - I'd call that hazardous to river life

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2024, 05:16 PM

Mar 3

The Allentown Morning Call reported that it dumped diesel fuel into the Lehigh. It's not plutonium, but it is still hazardous.
Thanks to Trump for deregulating Norfolk Southern.

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Three trains involved in 'collision and derailment' in eastern Pennsylvania; no injuries reported [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 2 OP

OOPS!!! elleng Mar 2 #1

3 trains? how does that happen? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2 #2

OBVIOUSLY! elleng Mar 2 #3

River grade. DEbluedude Mar 2 #5

Three trains. That almost takes coordination. Helluva coincidence, eh? keithbvadu2 Mar 2 #4

Not that far-fetched. An similar but deadly 3-train crash happened last year in India. Eugene Mar 2 #10

Not really. TheCowsCameHome Mar 3 #17

Amazing that there were PlutosHeart Mar 2 #6

GPS for train traffic? yankee87 Mar 2 #7

This will be fun to untangle and sort out Warpy Mar 2 #8

I'm going to wager that one or more of the trains was undercrewed Kennah Mar 2 #9

My B-I-L worked for a railroad here in the west before he retired. He was a Union Rep for a long time Attilatheblond Mar 3 #14

I'm in Washington, and I attend WSLC (Washington State Labor Council) Kennah Mar 3 #19

I'm going with blaming Norfolk Southern on this one. eggplant Mar 2 #11

Beat me to it... IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 3 #16

You bet it was a minimum crew-profits you know no matter who or what gets hurt or killed Stargazer99 Mar 3 #12

John Oliver Talked About This Very Problem chwaliszewski Mar 3 #13

Surely 'Precision Scheduled Railroading' had a part in this collision... EarthFirst Mar 3 #15

Norfolk Southern again Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 3 #18

Dumped diesel fuel into the Lehigh River - I'd call that hazardous to river life Number9Dream Mar 3 #20

The rail corporations have been laying off workers, we can expect more rail disasters, one would think the insurance ShazamIam Mar 3 #21

Not surprising since a lot of railroad tracks in the USA look like this. Crowman2009 Mar 3 #22

YouTube video of the wreck Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 4 #23