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TERRORISM ON THE TRAIN TRACKS,
OR A CAREFULLY-CRAFTED MANUFACTURER COVER-UP?
TWTCS says,
When a so-called "plot to derail a train" was halted in Canada last April, and the alleged suspects apprehended, I made the mistake of breathing easy.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/world/...-plot-thwarted
Within a month of this, a very bloody incident occurred when a passenger train derailed and struck another train in Connecticut.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/24...ain-collision/
People are still in the hospital, IIRC. An attorney acting on behalf of injured workers states that a design flaw in the newer trains has led to a phenomenon known as "tight wheels" (can cause a train to pop up of the track!).
I found something on a toy train site that actually explains about tight wheels and track gauge: http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-u...?topic=17151.0.
____________________________________________________________NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The engineer of the commuter train that derailed last week in Connecticut observed an "unusual condition" on the track before the wreck, federal officials said Friday without explaining what the condition was, though they did say repair work was done last month in the area of the crash.
It's not clear what caused the crash but repair work done in the area weeks before it may have weakened the track, George Cahill, an attorney representing six Metro-North workers injured in the crash, said this week. [color=red]He also expressed concern that wheels on the new trains were too tight.[/red]
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/24...#ixzz2UKbQgjxX
Well, you guys heard about the Bridge Collapse on I-5?
Apparently we're not alone here in Washington state...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/bridge-coll...ry?id=19246280
Another train has crashed in Missouri AND destroyed a bridge carrying cars!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...94O07020130525



