Big day for transportation!
Big day for transportation!
To get the trifecta - there needs to be an incident involving trains.
on average about 7 derailments each day in the US. There was an Amtrak crash today unfortunately
That’s not very typical; I’d like to make that clear.
Trains stay safe and winning.
not in the US they don’t
tbf, according to Well There’s Your Problem, there could be a crash that isn’t being reported on given how often it happens anymore. (Unless something changed, which I don’t think it did)
So, a bit of incredible context here: There is an extremely tightly-controlled union of Mississippi River pilots that are required by law to be the ones steering ships from the Gulf all the way to at least Baton Rouge. These guys all make north of $500k/year because they have “incredibly rare” (read: they keep it that way) expertise on piloting the currents and bars of the river. It is 100% a classic state-protected nepotism factory for good ol’ boys.
There’s a video floating around somewhere of folks having to climb over the railings as the ship flips over
I just watched a couple. Holy shit. A bunch of people went into the water. Lucky no one died or was seriously injured.
