@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agoWhat is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?message-square657fedilinkarrow-up1647arrow-down111
arrow-up1636arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?@[email protected] to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agomessage-square657fedilink
minus-square@applejackslink4•1 year agoMy pet theory has been that derailments actually have not become more frequent, we just never heard about them before.
minus-squareRentlarlinkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoYou can look up U.S. data yourself from the FRA’s website. Graph of accidents per 1M train-miles For each year between Jan 1 and Jun 30, this many derailment incidents were reported in the U.S.: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 639 723 591 643 692 694 549 521 577 587
My pet theory has been that derailments actually have not become more frequent, we just never heard about them before.
You can look up U.S. data yourself from the FRA’s website. Graph of accidents per 1M train-miles
For each year between Jan 1 and Jun 30, this many derailment incidents were reported in the U.S.:
You would be correct.