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motor1 wrote:I don't get the "Topper" references. Please explain.As stated above. Like saying "Canopener" instead of Conrail, "The Noodle" instead of CN, or "The Shield" for Union Pacific. Now granted, before CSX we had a cat named Chessie, but the railroad itself was officially named after it.
Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:52 am So, it appears, from the immediate (and a "test post" that I immediately killed), that the "don't write naughty words on walls if you can't spell" filters around here have been removed.As long as it's not excessive lol. I was raised in a barracks after all!
The state of Ohio is suing Norfolk Southern over the toxic train derailment last month in East Palestine. It's a move that was largely expected, and state officials had telegraphed it in comments about holding the rail company responsible for the cleanup, as well as long-term testing and other costs.NBC Nightly News reported on this development as well.
BR&P wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:15 pm Maybe your relatives could get a set of torches, start cutting apart the boxcar on their property and taking it to the local scrap yard! Or get their lawyer to draw up something to send NS saying your relatives will rent their back yard to NS for storage of the wrecked boxcar, at the rate of $2,000 per day. I know, I know, neither option is totally realistic, but surely creative minds can come up with something.NS legal department would just ignore the demand. They know they can fight longer than the little guys can pay their lawyer. It's not fair but that's how the game is played.
Railjunkie wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 1:12 pm So once again I ask who made the decision to control burn demo apprx. 150000 gal vinyl chloride and why?? I have posted the hazardous chemicals it will morph into once set on fire and what it will do to humans when exposed. Some of which the residents and workers themselves have been complaining about.To be fair, what other options did they have? The cars were leaking, vinyl chloride is heavier than air so the vapor cloud will hug the ground and spread. If it finds an ignition source, it will flash back and explode. There were no good options once the train derailed. But the fact that the control burn alleviated the immediate hazard and allowed the line to be reopened fastest made it an easy decision for all parties, I'm sure.
The EPA I'm sure has received a bit o cake from Toppers coffers to make everything okey dokey. Wouldn't want to admit it may not have been the best way to go about business. But PSR cant withstand a mainline being shut down for any amount of time. The computer geeks don't understand the world is an imperfect place.
eolesen wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:41 pm Yeah, the controlled burn was probably the best bad choice. You certainly don't want that much chemical going into the ground water and there was probably no good or safe way to evacuate what was remaining in the tanks.Vinyl chloride is a gas at ambient temperature and pressure. No risk to ground water but it is highly flammable and a carcinogen.
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