With another train derailment story getting attention it’s important to remember that this problem is not at all new.

In 2022 there were 1164 train derailments in the US, roughly 3 per day. This has been a problem for a long time, it’s just that Ohio suddenly brought them out of the local news and onto the national stage.

Yes it is due to corporate greed & if you wonder why BNSF employees wanted to strike, and why they felt betrayed by Biden for stopping it, this is a tiny glimpse into why