Disaster AMTRAK accident - Yet again

https://nypost.com/2018/02/06/amtrak-train-breaks-apart-at-125-mph/

Whilst going upwards of 125 miles per hour, the train “broke apart”. Get your shit together AMTRAK.

 

[TowinKarz]

Actually, the safety system worked as it should and nobody was injured.

Unless investigation reveals negligence in what caused the coupler failure, then I don't think it's fair to harp on them for this, for once.

 

[IV 445]

We need a poll

 

[Rumpled Foreskin]

We need a poll

What would you like to see in the poll?

 

[RP 520]

https://nypost.com/2018/02/06/amtrak-train-breaks-apart-at-125-mph/

Whilst going upwards of 125 miles per hour, the train “broke apart”. Get your shit together AMTRAK.

Amtrak has made advances in train crash technology, now their trains no longer even need to hit anything to wreck.

 

[IV 445]

What would you like to see in the poll?

No damn garlic bread this time

 

[Piss Clam]

Actually, the safety system worked as it should and nobody was injured.

Unless investigation reveals negligence in what caused the coupler failure, then I don't think it's fair to harp on them for this, for once.

Train fatalites in the United States are on par with the EU even given the miles traveled. Let that sink in.

 

[vertexwindi]

What would you like to see in the poll?

Sam Hyde.

 

[Rumpled Foreskin]

Poll added.

 

[Rand /pol/]

Obligatory:

Sam Hyde.

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

Should change their name from "Amtrak" to "Amsorrybro".

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

Why do we give them federal money again?

 

[Dysnomia]

Actually, the safety system worked as it should and nobody was injured.

Unless investigation reveals negligence in what caused the coupler failure, then I don't think it's fair to harp on them for this, for once.

But the fact that incidents keep happening is bad for public image regardless. I'd expect some very positive sounding promotions to go out to make themselves look good.

 

[TowinKarz]

Like what? Free steak dinner if you don't derail between here and Des Moines?

 

[The Demon]

Sam Hyde.

i figured out why sam hyde always get's away with it

he was born with an energy field that can undermine the chemical nature of objects on whim. it's why all footage and memory doesn't show him. he simply "edits" it all away.

 

[Randy Lahey]

Sam Hyde and the IRA team up to destroy American passenger rail.

 

[polonium]

Actually, the safety system worked as it should and nobody was injured.

Unless investigation reveals negligence in what caused the coupler failure, then I don't think it's fair to harp on them for this, for once.

Couplers don't just fail. They're regularly inspected (visual inspection every trip on a decent railway, with a full inspection at the 90-120 days ish mark depending on the maintenance schedule)
Signs of wear, distortion, cracks, failure to properly engage, incorrect height, whatever are all recorded and the rollingstock taken out of service. During manufacture they are inspected for voids in the casting or any dimensional abnormalities and wouldn't be installed if not up to scratch.
If a coupler failed, it was due to negligence.