The NTSB said it’s “concerned” that aluminum protective covers on the rail cars melted and possibly contributed to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports more on the incident and President Biden saying he’d visit “at some point.”
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#NBCNews #Ohio #Train
Do. Not. Vote. For. Deplorable. Nazi. Republicans
Even the rail co. Is owning up to it b4 the govt. officials who claim dead 🐟 🐔 🐮 means the💧 is safe. Unbelievable, yet sadly expected.
Gop to blame for this mess
I do have values the gop doesn’t
and who is to blame for your ignorance?
Gop falt stupid
Ur the one that lives in a state that’s doesn’t care its a disaster ur party has no solutions
Some smart Latinos out there and they’re REPUBLICAN
It is a tragedy for the citizens to be held “hostage” on this situation.They should be well compensated no matter if it was a part of deregulation or not.
CONservatives will NEVER understand unless they suffer for their stupidity. You get what u vote for. This is what they wanted and CHEERED for when Conald arrived.
NO MERCY for sky worshippers
The people in flint are still suffering from contaminated water.
@islandspice11:11 They should have made it right for those citizens a long time ago and should have the right to sue for no action being taken.
So BENEDICT DONALD Rump rescinds OBAMA – BIDEN laws for the modernization of Civil War – era breaking technology .
Then , Rump, visits , and HE BLAMES president
*** /// B I D E N
for not being there ???
Trumps fault
The governor acted slow and didn’t want to declare state of emergency
Ohio voted for a dumb governor
Also, it’s just Ohio, who cares lol
It’s Bidens responsibility. He’s afraid to go there but he goes to Ukraine.
I met someone who deals with vinyl chloride, that stuff is deadly and dangerous in that liquid form.
I met somebody that thinks your comment is dumb, me! Of course it is, it’s a hazardous material genuis!
When they drank the tap water why did they fill the black man’s glass to the brim ?
What? Why don’t you say it instead this bs way. What’s your point
Bidens afraid to go bc its not safe
Make the railroad put IR sensors on each wheel, they are cheaper than dealing with cleanups and make the railroads do regular maintenance for their equipment. Amtrak does it, so they can too.
There are already hotbox detectors on every railroad spaced 19 to 20 miles apart. As soon as the engineer on this train heard the hotbox detector he applied the brakes. The issue here is inspection. A defect was found but the train was allowed to leave. That’s what we should focus on. There are already devices up and down the railroads that monitor train and track conditions. Get the politicians out of the way and progress will be made.
Thank you Mr president for your beautiful work.
Biden is more afraid of visiting americans in East Palestine, Ohio than visiting war-torn Ukraine.
Also, there should be a way to add an additional axle and two wheels front and back on cars, so a car can totally lose a wheel and not derail.
That’s an impossibility. Too many wheels create even more problems. The equipment we have is modern and up to date. But there have to be enough qualified inspectors for the equipment. Get the politicians out of the way and things will be resolved
The should be a way not to overload cars and not carry toxic or no comparable explosive devices on the train blasting caps on one train and dynamite on another train, you think.
I worked with so called engineers that couldn’t tie there own shoes. No common sense. 2nd grade engineering was all that was required idiots. Engineering degrees come in a roll in the bathroom.
@Duane Moran Have you ever been around trains being loaded with chemicals? They don’t overload the cars, fact is they can’t be overloaded. What makes you think you have common sense when you talk about things that don’t exist in an accident? Is it really hard to understand how losing one wheel in a four wheel train car setup can derail a train? Do you need to be an engineer to figure that out? Even suggesting it shows a lack of common sense. Take a good look at yourself!
@ggelsrinccoming from pure preconceived ignorance I expected much less from you.
@Duane Moran I know scum when I see it and you’re scum. I know I’ve been around more engineers than you have in my 71 years. Who with any common sense would not understand the simplicity of using 6 instead of 4 wheels to prevent derailments. I also suggested using IR detectors for each wheel and not that every 10 mile nonsense. The railroads are very slack on using IR detectors, mostly around populated areas. Common sense would tell a person a railroad car can be made better than how they are made now. Bearings and brakes require periodic maintenance, or accidents will happen. I knew it was a bearing problem as soon as I saw the video. It is possible a brake problem could also cause a bearing problem, but from what I know of people doing Amtrak maintenance, it looked just like a bearing problem. That’s a easy way to derail a train.
If you clowns want to do ad hom attacks to prove your points, then what goes around will come around with me. I don’t suffer fools.
Thank Trump for rolling back safety regulations for railroad equipment.
Nope thats not it. Keep watching CNN and ignoring reality. Where was your concern a few months ago when the Biden administration shoved a contract down the workers throats without even listening to their safety concerns. This isn’t a part issue. Its a greed and government failure issue. They have been warned for years and did nothing but take their money under the table.
We don’t hear any BS DEMORATS talk about Trump. Get a life
Made no progress? These sensors that were deemed too much regulation weren’t progress?
There have been sensors on the railroads since the 1950’s. And they keep improving them. The sensors did their job here. As soon as the hotbox detector sounded the engineer applied the brakes. The problem is a defect was found before it left the yard. But the supervisors allowed the train to leave. That’s what we should be looking at. Also excessive train lengths. The longer a train is the more distance it takes to stop. So instead of hiring more crews they double the length of the trains. Those issues would have been resolved if Biden hadn’t stuck his nose in the unions contract talks. We have good railroads with great men running the trains. The bean counters are the ones who caused this.
President who? Josephine who?
Erin Brock-O-Snitch
Its not just about the Trains Politicians allowed Corporations to pollute Americas Water and Air for Decades!
This is what happens when people follow a mad man like trump Obama had safety rules in place but trump and republican removed them so sad now the people are hurt
You’re all gonna die man, you’re all Gonna die!!!
thank god its only ohio.
Melted in this winter weather ?
the reporter is ignoranct. Those would have nothing to do with the derailment but rather the fire afterwards. You did see the fire didn’t you? Did you notice the cars were burned in the picture? Its aluminum and is going to melt at some point.
I think ‘new’ is being misused for ‘obvious’.
When the government isn’t talking, the government isn’t lying.
The governor must be breast feeding! That’s what it is
Only time they tell the truth is when they are lying too!
How about this, maybe not ship ignition sources and fuel.. directly behind each other, in such a way, that trains fold up an this stuff ends up in a pile.. like you need to put some freight or something between the HAZMAT cars.. and more than every other.. like 1 in 4 needs to be hazmat tops.. and at a reduced speed.. just out of safety.. those guys get paid good enough to cruise. You guys essentially created thermite using murphy’s law.. you added a liquid chemical to an ignition source.. then you had fuel right there in proximity.. and plastic shavings.. when mixed with some kind of flammable chemical… behaves like thermite.. you can’t put those fires out.. no amount of water would.. not to mention.. that this stuff is in the biosphere.. when it precipitates back down.. it needs to be neutralized.. or vacuumed up.. every time it rains.. until background is close to normal.. it will be monumentally expensive.. but we can’t cohabitate with these gasses condensing evaporating then falling back down as precipitation.. that is crazy dangerous. It will continue to evaporate and precipitate.. and this isn’t the worst potential outcome if it behaves like phosgene..
There is no reason to do that. First of all many of these trains are solid tank cars. They are semi permanently coupled together. Putting cars in to act as buffers won’t do anything except increase the cost to ship. We have good equipment. We need more qualified inspectors. We need politicians to stay out of contract talks. Some of these issues would have been addressed if Biden hadn’t had Congress force the unions into a contract that addressed none of this.
well the ignition source was a flaming bearing. Thats not normal so I am not sure how you expect to prevent it from igniting something. Hundreds of millions of gallons of explosive chemicals have gone across those tracks with no incident. This could have been avoided but not through your Monday morning quarterback theories.
@YourBestGolf The hazmat procedure for that spill was not followed correctly. Look it up and tell me I’m wrong. Something very bad is going on here.
44b for twater. How much for a small town in Ohio
Only in Ohio 💀💀💀
and any other state
Can’t even run trains on Ohio
bro shut up
..ahhh,
..vary clear..
made in america
Without the railroads america would be a third world country,think about it!
Thank you to all the “people”that are helping E Palestine Ohio ❤ you are trusted so much more and you do so much more than our worthless government 🌎🙏
It took Transportation Petee, 3 WEEKS to go to Ohio.
O, now NBC wants to speak, 4 Weeks after the spill?
mr butthead ggelsrinc. That accident was totally preventable. They transported the toxic waste all the way across the United States by truck on american byways where your family and friends live and drive and then dumped it in Texas. Now you and others are informed.
And ask if the town state or co has the capability, to act quick for containments. Now it seems you are going to be excavating twice as much deep, and 4x the area. Devegitation, and burn, with sealing, similar to what you would for a garbage site.
All these chemicals that are designed as volatile for the making of explosives and or weapons, then they are 4/1 permeable. No idea likely, nor I’m sure concern, of what exposure long term to human development, or the human body.
All of those types of chemicals have been known to cause cancer
The real issue not just heat checking to wheels would cost the us probably trillions of dollars.
https://youtu.be/XiOFPXvVpwY
Norfolk Southern used to make their train crews poop in bags. Only when they were forced by lawsuit in the 90’s, did they finally put in toilets.
Where did you get that? Every locomotive has a toilet. I don’t know what your agenda is but please don’t tell lies.
@William Hayslip they do now thanks to the lawsuit to force NS to install toilets.
Status coup news has been reporting on this from the beginning of this disaster!!!!
Norfolk Southern is majority owned by WEF member corporations. Their ESG score is somehow 23 with an environment risk score of 8.1. It’s a complete criminal fraud and criminal coverup! They released extremely toxic chemicals and trillions of mega tons of CO2 into the environment.. Remaining Vinyl Chloride will decompose over time under UV light(sun) to become CO2 and toxic compounds.
..but their ESG score and env. Risk for investments .. is a 23 and 8.1 ? NOOOOOO… CRIMINAL FRAUD..and Biden wants to ESG retirement funds!? (ESG caused an entire country to collapse: Sri Lanka)
#CRIMINALS #FRAUDS #WEF #ESG
I just know Erin Brokovich will expose the real corruption and amount of damage done
You know instead of Biden giving all this money away to everyone like he’s “publishers clearing house” he could take just a small portion of it and use it to rehome this town’s people and make their lives so much better. But that would be too easy I guess
Not to sound rude but checking heat on wheels every 10 miles is laughable I’m a mechanic guy and can assure you no company checks their fleet vehicles every 10 miles. A train can be argued that it sees more miles then a semi truck. Semi trucks ain’t stopping every 10 miles don’t be ridiculous. Not to mention their isn’t enough train mechanics to run a miles long worth of wheels every 10 miles actually 9 because the train itself is a mile long.
It’s not only laughable it’s rediculas. We have a Transportation Secretary that actually knows nothing about transportation. Especially railroad transportation. Then politicians want to set safety rules for something they don’t understand. The system we have is very good. There are hotbox detectors up and down the railroad. If excessive heat is detected a message is automatically sent to the engineer. That happened here and the engineer applied the brakes as soon as he got the warning. We need more qualified inspectors. A defect was found on this train before it left the yard but the supervisors did nothing. It wouldn’t have taken 10 minutes to set that car out. But it wasn’t and the supervisor released the train. That’s what we should be talking about. I’m sure Pete thinks a racist crossties caused it.
@William Hayslip poop flows down hill its only fitting the supervisor gets looked over and the bottom people get blamed.
All the people in Pennsylvania that voted for Joe Biden and that man does not care one bit. This Disaster just didn’t effect just Ohio it affected Pennsylvania to .
but still no answer who s chemicals these are
Really? Its only covered in every story. Read beyond the headlines.
@YourBestGolf no it only says norfolk not the name of any chemical company
Sorry this happened to you Ohioans. Hold your governor part responsible. This is taking to long to clean up. He should have cleaned it up with state money to help the helpless citizens of Ohio. The state could pass a bill or law that says in situations such as this an emergency for public safety the state comes in cleans it and bills the company . Where is the leadership
biden is a cold hearted clone
I wouldn’t visit either in fear of getting sick
Is that new area a construction zone with to many white workers? Go chest feed your baby Pete, not like you have done anything except take time off your whole time in office.
Trains were up and running within a week.
If the town is declared a disaster, trains can no longer pass through, therefore, no one from the government will help them.
Not one MEGA-church or PRO-Life group has reached out to any of those souls in need (I’m sure Joel Osteen could house a family of 7 in his pool shed).
Water bottled from nearby plants has now been pulled from grocery shelves.
911 killed 2,996 people.
Responders who worked ‘the pile’ after the EPA told them it was safe are now dead or dying.
Norfolk Southern just killed 5,000 people and the government is helping hide it.
Thats the major artery between the midwest and east coast and it wont be going anywhere. Your other points show just more continued ignorance on your part.
@YourBestGolf Thank you so much for responding ❤ I purposely went ‘out there’ with things I’m hearing or reading. Please, if you have time, fill me in & teach me up. I’d much rather know facts.
Thanks again, NJ
Only ohio
Only in ohio☠
People, especially parents, need to also file for future health insurance:
I would worry about people exposed to these chemicals developing allergies to them, which can lead to anaphylactic shock.
For an anaphylactic reaction to occur, you must have been exposed in the past to the substance that causes the reaction, called the antigen. This is called “sensitization.” (example is peanuts, but it also happens with chemicals)
most normal day in ohio:
There are already hotbox detectors along every railroad in the country. Get the politicians out of the way and it will be fine. If Biden hadn’t interfered in contract talks between the unions and the railroads this may not have happened. 2 crew concerns are extreme train length and a lack of qualified inspectors for equipment. If Congress hadn’t forced the unions to sign this contract those issues would have been addressed. Also we have a Transportation Secretary that actually knows nothing about transportation. Especially railroads. I’m sure he is looking for some racist crossties.
Thank you Erin Brockovich! Keep this going FOX NEWS THESE PEOPLE NEED OUR HELP. FOLKS LISTEN UP! Biden is ripping us off -he has been or 40 years and he is a lot worse since he was a VP, UKRAINE IS MONEY LAUNDERING!!! THE POLITICIANS “FLYING OVER THERE” IS A JOKE, They are ripping us off for a massive amount of money, YOUR KIDS KIDS KIDS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY OFF THE DAMAGE THEY ARE DOING. PAY ATTENTION!!! They do not care about the USA or anyone in it except there “circle” which complies of other crooks
Those having notng to do with the derailment. Where do they get this nonesne.
never noticed biden has a huge head but still looks like one of the aliens from the movie “Mars Attacks” buts still has hampsters running a wheel
Now is not the time for ohio jokes
Geez, the chinese balloons were more believable.
Don’t drink the water anywhere near this area. People are getting sick from drinking it. Headaches, stomach problems, are just a few of the symptoms.
Absolutely irrelevant…..
The tank cover tops just protect the valves and fill access….they’re basically dust covers.
They do not and are not there to seal the contents of a tank car.
Warmonger US President & government are indifferent to the plights & sufferings of its own citizens & the detrimental effects from the derailment of toxic waste into air, land, water & into crops & farm animals.
Should bottled the water and serve it to them to drink. The water would be more deadly than firearms.
Visit at some point ☝️
Terrorist cells been at work in the USA for over a year. Why is nobody talking about it. Why the media not asking questions?
I know train cars aren’t made right you ought to see the Kleenex sheet metal I stood on placing rivets on the assembly line back when Obama was president this country has nothing to be proud of at all period you should be all ashamed how big wig rich politicians milk this country down to nothing
Has nothing to do with officials has do with why we don’t build stuff Biden???
Stop making money off disasters appalling
Money is going make it better something else will happen later money doesn’t solve problems people do people do government
I was just watching the latest train crash on the news 🚉🚧 That train was moving way too fast through that crossing.
Around here all of those cargo trains go pretty slow. I can’t recall ever reading about a train crash around here,. A smaller state I suppose.
Biden looks like a life alert actor every time he says something😂
I say anyone with 15 miles should get a few million to move away point blank. Gonna be the next Mesothelioma late night commercial…