Train car carrying 30,000 gallons of propane derails in Florida
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“It looks like a minefield, honestly,” Southern Manatee Fire Rescue Chief Robert Bounds said. “The cars are on their side… they really dug in and the tracks are pulled up an…
  • Water Bowl Slime
    16·
    2 years ago

    Y’know how Americans are always like “socialism is when no phone no food no cars”? We should start saying capitalism is when no trains no house no water

  • KimJongGoku
    13·
    2 years ago

    Silly commies, working trains are socialism. You’ll feel extremely owned once the train network has rotted away completely and Americans start transporting all of their hazardous materials with swarms of self driving Teslas through their cities. 😎

    • 🏳️‍⚧️ Elara ☭OP
      9·
      2 years ago

      “What do you mean a lithium fire exploded 30,000 gallons of propane?? Guess we’ll have to get the spy balloons out again”

    • DankZedong A
      6·
      2 years ago

      I read a comment on Reddit by someone working in the railway industry saying there are like five or more derailments every day in the US.

      • 陆船。
        5·
        2 years ago

        I think our transpo secretary, trying to deflect from the East Palestine derailment, let slip there are around 1k derailments a year…

        And freight derailing isn’t bad enough. Some of these tracks are shared with our passenger rail service.

        Fixing this of course requires capital outlays which the big bourgeoisie seem allergic to.