Unfortunately that’s probably not very true. For example The train derailment i mentioned in Quebec went as follows. The one single person operating a train with 5 engines and 70 rail cars full of crude oil parked on a slight decline with engine problems. He was instructed to leave the train running, Unlocked, and directly next to a public highway, while one of the Diesel engines was actively running away and spitting sparks out its smokestack and to wait at at a hotel until maintenance fixes it. Fire burns out the only running engine about 10 minutes after he leaves, air brakes lose pressure, off the train goes directly into a small town. While not in the US, I don’t see our train companies doing things too far off from this type of thing.
Sorry for the long anecdote, I happen to enjoy reading about hazmat/industrial disasters. Anywho, I’m not sure if there’s laws on parking hazmat cars in certain ecological zones, but even if there are, expect rail companies to violate them if the fines are reasonable in the slightest.
There's always hazmat being transported.
There's not always hazmat being left to sit in the middle of ecologically sensitive zones without reason or explanation.
Unfortunately that’s probably not very true. For example The train derailment i mentioned in Quebec went as follows. The one single person operating a train with 5 engines and 70 rail cars full of crude oil parked on a slight decline with engine problems. He was instructed to leave the train running, Unlocked, and directly next to a public highway, while one of the Diesel engines was actively running away and spitting sparks out its smokestack and to wait at at a hotel until maintenance fixes it. Fire burns out the only running engine about 10 minutes after he leaves, air brakes lose pressure, off the train goes directly into a small town. While not in the US, I don’t see our train companies doing things too far off from this type of thing.
Sorry for the long anecdote, I happen to enjoy reading about hazmat/industrial disasters. Anywho, I’m not sure if there’s laws on parking hazmat cars in certain ecological zones, but even if there are, expect rail companies to violate them if the fines are reasonable in the slightest.