Two more trains derail, just two weeks after Ohio chemical spill

Drone footage shows the freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. NTSBGov/Handout

US rail seems to be in an extremely bad place. A colleague this morning sent a message: “There’s been a CSX derailment”. A quick look on the internet, however, and there have been an awful lot recently. CSX’s accident in South Carolina yesterday afternoon? Or perhaps the crash between an 18-wheel truck and a Union Pacific train, also yesterday near Houston, which saw the truck driver die and 21 rail cars, some of which were carrying hazardous material, leave the ...