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<blockquote data-quote="Roadrunner70" data-source="post: 3987242" data-attributes="member: 44811"><p>See attachment. Most do not cause any causalities.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not quite true. If a train has a collision with another train or vehicle and happens to derail as a result, it is not classified as a derailment. Same is true for any explosion or a highway-rail grade crossing that would cause it to derail. This is all categorized by the FRA.</p><p>I also don't believe when a train has slipped off the rail when at yard terminals counts either. I do know that derailments have to cost a minimum amount of damage to be classified as a derailment. A couple of wheels falling off at a rail switch is easily put back on the tracks and causes damage to the track or itself happens very very rarely. Only reason I know most of this is because I have family in the train business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roadrunner70, post: 3987242, member: 44811"] See attachment. Most do not cause any causalities. Not quite true. If a train has a collision with another train or vehicle and happens to derail as a result, it is not classified as a derailment. Same is true for any explosion or a highway-rail grade crossing that would cause it to derail. This is all categorized by the FRA. I also don't believe when a train has slipped off the rail when at yard terminals counts either. I do know that derailments have to cost a minimum amount of damage to be classified as a derailment. A couple of wheels falling off at a rail switch is easily put back on the tracks and causes damage to the track or itself happens very very rarely. Only reason I know most of this is because I have family in the train business. [/QUOTE]
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