Ohio catastrophe is ‘wake-up call’ to dangers of deadly train derailments
A wake up call, you say? As in, no one could have seen this coming? Not even all the railroad workers and unions who said this was bound to happen due to the absurdity of the schedules and requirements forced on them by their employers?<p>This is the most obvious outcome of the US government stepping in to break the railroad worker&#x27;s strike, it was just a matter of when - not if. We&#x27;re lucky it didn&#x27;t happen in downtown Pittsburgh.<p>The worst part is that the costs of these entirely foreseeable and preventable catastrophes will be nationalized. Meanwhile the railroads will forgo necessary maintenance and infrastructure investments, continue to blame individual employees for the events, and reap record profits year over year. Mission accomplished.