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[Euphod]

Ed, thank you for the objective numbers.

You're welcome. Another set of figures that would help illustrate the situation is the set of tons per track mile shipped in each country. I know in the US it's in the trillions, and far lower in the UK, but I don't have time right now to find the definitive figures.

 

[parrthd1]

Hi Everybody.
To us Brits on the forum it seems truly amazing how much trouble the American railways seem to have keeping their locomotives upright and on the tracks. Hardly a day goes by without some report of another derailment or accident on a crossing.

Perhaps it is just as well there are are not any HST services in the United States as I certainly wouldn't wish to travel on them given the safety record of the systems

Bill

True But our country is 10 times larger and has a better rail safety record than most airlines… It probably happens in the UK too… just not reported as much and the country is smaller...

 

[cascaderailroad]

You bumped this from Sept 19 2012 ... WoW

I heard a statistic that there is a minor/major derailment in the US, every 7 minutes.

I think all the worlds airlines combined together, beat the un-safety record of US RR's

Hundreds of thousands of passengers daily, and well over 10,000 flights a day, and there hardly is an incident, or an injury requiring a band aid.

 

[gawpo50]

You bumped this from Sept 19 2012 ... WoW

I heard a statistic that there is a minor/major derailment in the US, every 7 minutes.

I think all the worlds airlines combined together, beat the un-safety record of US RR's

Hundreds of thousands of passengers daily, and well over 10,000 flights a day, and there hardly is an incident, or an injury requiring a band aid.

You seem to have forgot about MH17 the other day. That one certainly blows the airline safety record out of the water as well as the other one from malaysian airlines at the beginning of the year. I reckon trains are somewhat safer lately....

 

[Blutorse4792]

In the United States, the various levels of government (i.e. Federal, State, Municipal) will only pay for the track that they use (Amtrak, commuter rail, rapid transit, etc.)

The rest is usually the responsibility of the (private) freight railroads to maintain. They can afford a minor accident here or there

There's a difference between the Acela hopping the tracks at 100mph and a local splitting a switch out on a branch line in rural Wisconsin

 

[amrail2000]

You bumped this from Sept 19 2012 ... WoW

I heard a statistic that there is a minor/major derailment in the US, every 7 minutes.

I think all the worlds airlines combined together, beat the un-safety record of US RR's

Hundreds of thousands of passengers daily, and well over 10,000 flights a day, and there hardly is an incident, or an injury requiring a band aid.

-10 Cascade. Check your facts.

 

[norfolksouthern37]

You bumped this from Sept 19 2012 ... WoW

Yes talk about thread necromancy

I heard a statistic that there is a minor/major derailment in the US, every 7 minutes.

I think all the worlds airlines combined together, beat the un-safety record of US RR's

Hundreds of thousands of passengers daily, and well over 10,000 flights a day, and there hardly is an incident, or an injury requiring a band aid.

Only a fool deceives himself...

 

[watemple]

You seem to have forgot about MH17 the other day. That one certainly blows the airline safety record out of the water as well as the other one from malaysian airlines at the beginning of the year. I reckon trains are somewhat safer lately....

Well, MH17 was shot down and MH370 disappeared so you can't really say that. I can't believe they are still looking for MH370. May all the victims of MH370 and MH17 R.I.P.