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Nella Acceber ([personal profile] walkitout) wrote2009-11-19 02:46 pm

nashua derailment of unit coal trains

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/News/440096-196/critic-says-poor-rail-line-maintenance-is.html

I don't think I blogged about this earlier, even tho R. and I have been discussing it as he turns up articles about it. I commented to him right at the beginning, look at the color of the rails! And besides, it's probably owned by Pan Am. Sure enough, _owned by Pan Am_, and under a slow order of _10 mph_!

It'll take ten or twenty more years than it should to get this thing upgraded, largely because Pan Am is a recalcitrant bunch that doesn't play well with state governments.