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Safety Inspector Fired for Finding Too Many Defects Could Cost Railroad Millions (jalopnik.com)

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[–] BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The railroad isn't selling itself as a very safe method of transportation these days.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Seems almost intentional. Destroy the train system to feed the car industry

[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I feel like the car industry doesn't compete at all with cargo rail. You don't move tons of coal with a semi. That would be astronomically more expensive.

[–] DietBajaBlast@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

You should seek out the conspiracy community.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's a good video on that I'll see if I can find it

Edit: https://youtu.be/qQTjLWIHN74?si=3ma1Z7oppJZw4ktO