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2023-02-28 Home Front: Politix

Washington Post Reviews ‘Every Possible Regulatory Change' Made Under Trump, Finds None Contributed to East Palestine Train Derailment

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-28 07:40|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1 NYT Debunks Dem Claim: Trump’s Rollback of a Rail Safety Rule Had ‘No Impact’ on Ohio Derailment

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-28 07:48|| 2023-02-28 07:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Someone feeling heat after decades of pushing 'fake' news?

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-02-28 08:51|| 2023-02-28 08:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Still don't trust 'em and won't give them any traffic.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-02-28 09:19|| 2023-02-28 09:19|| Front Page Top

#4 This is all a conspiracy to make Buttigieg look incompetent. The WH Press Secretary told me so.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-02-28 10:34|| 2023-02-28 10:34|| Front Page Top

Posted by ACA JOE 2023-02-28 12:08|| 2023-02-28 12:08|| Front Page Top

#6 What's not mentioned is which 'regulation' was rolled back.

Not enough details in this article.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-02-28 13:33|| 2023-02-28 13:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Need a spoon there, SCFI?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-28 16:17|| 2023-02-28 16:17|| Front Page Top

#8 The big regulation issue for the pols and the media was the proposed requirement for electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes, intended to apply to trainloads of explosive materials.
1. The train in question didn't have enough explosive stuff to qualify, anyway. (NTSB report)
2. I suspect Trump rolled the reg back because zero freight cars have ECP brakes, installation would cost hundreds of millions, and the benefit was undetermined. So it was a 'feel good' rule.
3. ECP brakes electrically signal the same old air (pneumatic) brakes to apply simultaneously, instead of waiting for the air pressure drop in standard brakes to get to the rear cars, so the train stops smoother and faster - each and every time.
4. The East Palestine train was already in braking mode before the hot axle alert. Once the crew got the alert, they increased the braking rate. {4.a Sudden brake application can jacknife trains, something the ECP brakes would reduce, but probably not eliminate. Train dynamics is both science AND art.}
5. When the cars derailed and separated, the whole train goes into emergency braking. That's how the train crew knew there was a derailment a mile behind them.

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Posted by Bobby 2023-02-28 17:11|| 2023-02-28 17:11|| Front Page Top

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