I didn't realize trains derailed so often.
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When were these numbers pulled and from where? Color me skeptical about this data. Was it recently altered to indicate all current events are perfectly normal???
I don't ever recall hearing about this many derails. And I do not believe they occur every 1.5 hours in the U.S. I've typically heard maybe 3-4 per year. Nothing like what we're seeing here.
OP, pls note I am not questioning you at all. Greatly appreciate this find. I'm just questioning the source as it sounds like a major spin job to indicate current events are all normal and copacetic
Exactly my thoughts on the data as well. Trying to normalize train crashes so the East Palestine disaster doesn't seem quite as bad.... "Don't worry this happens all the time!"
Exactly.
Ive seen similar data from half a dozen other websites when researching this.
The tables I saw from an article written in 2019 or thereabouts had over 9k derailments a year in the early 80s and slowly falling towards recently with over 1000k per day. Pretty easy to find with a decent search engine.
Ill say this, in the middle of 2020 i ordered ammo that the shipment was delayed on. The reason for the delay was a train derailment. I thought that was odd and looked into how often it happens and the statistics were staggering, up in the thousands per year. So i believe the media is just reporting on them more since the ohio event.