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The press reports discuss the fact the VA location would cost $1.5B more than MD.

I know the VA location is crowded by existing other USG facilities.

Not only is the Metro walking distance far shorter in MD, it is also walking distance to the Federal Courthouse.

I don't know if RR wheels can be/are recapped as crankshafts are. (Built up with welding, then ground down to spec,) But as discussed in the article, this is replacing ALL the wheels, worn or not. The unaddressed question is how is it that WMATA aka us, are paying for this FUBAR, not the manufacturer.

The wheels must be disassembled from the truck, and new wheels with a tighter fit installed at an increased force onto the axle before being reassembled onto the railcar.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/us/m ... eanup.html

While the details are quite different, this article does justice to the complexity and expense in cleaning up a toxic waste site.

The idea that Vance is doing something/anything for "Big Labor" is clearly off the tracks and on the ground. But it's the WSJ... And the idea a spill such as that can ever be "cleaned up" is wishful thinking. At best, they remove some of the contaminated soil, and THEN, where do ...

Before Joining Federal Safety Program, Freight Railroads Push to Change It After the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the nation’s major freight railroads agreed to join a federal program for workers to report safety issues. But first, they want it to be overhauled https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08...

The Capital Limited is getting more limited. I took #29 WAS-CLE on the 15th, and #30 on the 26th. In both cases, the trains were 90% full, which was a surprise. When I boarded #29, I found out why. There was one and only coach car. The conductor announced the locked down one behind it was being take...

Some 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used as both fertilizer and a component in explosives, went missing as it was shipped by rail from Wyoming to California last month, prompting four separate investigations. A railcar loaded with 30 tons of the chemical left Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Apr...

More than one manufacturer has made the mistake of placing motor vent inlets down in the "snow" altitudes.

Can't speak specifically to MIA, but most airport authorities charge rental car companies and taxicabs an "access fee" for the right to drive on their roadway. IAD/DCA has a monopoly on pickups; only the cab company they control is allowed. Not sure how Uber et.al is dealt with. I've alway...

WAMU's 1A covered the aftereffects:

https://wamu.org/story/23/04/05/the-sta ... palestine/

As an outsider whose closest affiliation with raiIroads is being a regular Capitol Limited passenger, I find this discussion interesting. A neighbor, a lawyer & Senate staffer in the 1970's/80's, drafted much of the Staggers Act. He had a photo wall of some of the meetings. It was his proudest a...

Actually, BLEVE means "Get 5 miles away before even looking back..."

The reporting was the one car was getting hot from the fire, and they were worried about a phase change in the contents.

After the dust settled, NTSB got worried about the overpressure relief valves being damaged on the tankers.

Perhaps, not allow NS to reopen the line before the damage is cleaned up.
I suspect they would move far faster in that case...