Rhetoric about crumbling infrastructure aside, the train crash in Washington happened on a new line which literally opened this morning. ...or maybe not. The "new line" is just an existing freight line which connects Tacoma and Olympia a bit faster than the older route...
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Here's what I'm not clear on, though: was the area where the crash occurred even within the upgraded part of the track? WADOT's graphic suggests no, but I can't be sure without more details.pic.twitter.com/7QOElZei9V
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As an aside, it's ALWAYS dangerous to run a train faster than a given bit of track will allow (that's what caused the Amagasaki disaster in 2005!), but the pearl-clutching NIMBYs who fret that 79mph is too fast for a train to run need to get a grip
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