We need a train fag here, but I assume that the rails are not getting proper maintenance. Maybe they quit working on them during the covid, and they can't catch up.
I have seen railroad ties that go up and down 6 inches or more when every wheel passes over them,due to the gravel being washed out. These trains were going very slow so nothing happened,and they were on lines going to small farming towns that are not used much......
I have a family member who does rail maintenance for a living. He works an insane amount of overtime because the company won't hire new workers. The stories I hear sound very unsafe for him and for all of the railroad employees.
Yes, track maintenance is terrible. Who pays for track maintenance is a bit convoluted. Plus it eats into thin profits. My only answer at the moment is a one time subsidy to fix the tracks and a track closure of unsafe sections post subsidy. Info I read a while back.
We need a train fag here, but I assume that the rails are not getting proper maintenance. Maybe they quit working on them during the covid, and they can't catch up.
Railroader here, you are correct about maintenance, we're spread pretty thin. 1000s either fired or furloughed in the last year, just at BNSF alone.
Warren Buffett is squeezing as much profits out of the company as he can. Or worse.
I have seen railroad ties that go up and down 6 inches or more when every wheel passes over them,due to the gravel being washed out. These trains were going very slow so nothing happened,and they were on lines going to small farming towns that are not used much......
Maybe both then. I do know are roads are not getting proper maintenance, rails are probably the same.
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I have a family member who does rail maintenance for a living. He works an insane amount of overtime because the company won't hire new workers. The stories I hear sound very unsafe for him and for all of the railroad employees.
What railroad does he work for? I work for BNSF and they're slashing OT like crazy
Yes, track maintenance is terrible. Who pays for track maintenance is a bit convoluted. Plus it eats into thin profits. My only answer at the moment is a one time subsidy to fix the tracks and a track closure of unsafe sections post subsidy. Info I read a while back.