Not sure about choo choos, but NTSB Hazardous Materials procedure regarding other forms of transit strictly prohibit transporting hazmats & food stuffs together.
E.g. an aircraft container with hazwhompers inside must be segregated from other containers with haz goods and/or food products.
Now I would assume rail shipment is no different. So either it's non food stuff grains (bio fuel silage) or this is yet another small piece of the puzzle of "protocol ignored or fucked up" relating to this train incident.
Absolutely. My point was, since we know it was a grain car that was on fire/damaged, maybe we can find out who that specific car belonged to. In all the pictures I saw of the wreckage, I didn't see a grain car. So, there couldn't have been many, right?
Another point.... They said they didn't get an alert until later, and that is when they tried to stop the train. So, was this car basically a fuse? Should the problem have shown up sooner if it was a train car problem? Something really fishy about this car, but maybe I'm just a crazy conspiracy theorist. :o)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the car that's on fire a grain car?
Not sure about choo choos, but NTSB Hazardous Materials procedure regarding other forms of transit strictly prohibit transporting hazmats & food stuffs together.
E.g. an aircraft container with hazwhompers inside must be segregated from other containers with haz goods and/or food products.
Now I would assume rail shipment is no different. So either it's non food stuff grains (bio fuel silage) or this is yet another small piece of the puzzle of "protocol ignored or fucked up" relating to this train incident.
It seemed out of place, to me. Now I don't know all the laws regarding shipping by train, but it just stood out to me, you know?
It could well be. But if it was a car on the same train as the vinyl chloride, that car could have caused or contributed to the derailment, right?
Absolutely. My point was, since we know it was a grain car that was on fire/damaged, maybe we can find out who that specific car belonged to. In all the pictures I saw of the wreckage, I didn't see a grain car. So, there couldn't have been many, right?
Ah, now I’m following! That’s a very good point!
Another point.... They said they didn't get an alert until later, and that is when they tried to stop the train. So, was this car basically a fuse? Should the problem have shown up sooner if it was a train car problem? Something really fishy about this car, but maybe I'm just a crazy conspiracy theorist. :o)
Definitely a CSX or DM&E Triple bay Covered Hopper car. Good Eye.
Not grain tho, coal, gravel, ore.