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DrafterX
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10 years ago

#41

Poor Bob.... 😞

DrMaddVibe
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10 years ago

#42

Ah, don't feel sorry for that marble mouthed warbling troubadour...he's super rich.

He does write nice songs. It's just that other people do them 1000x better than him.

Speyside
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10 years ago

#43

Buffet has bet big that his railroad can take some of the interstate trucking market. They are near completion on a second parallel set of tracks so no train needs to stop or slow for a train comming from the other direction. I do not remember specifically where the line is. Though it is in the Midwest.

tonygraz
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10 years ago

#44

Blood on the tracks...Bob Dylan wrote an album about it...that's what I heard...I don't ever want to hear him sing it though![-( 🤐 🤐

DrMaddVibe wrote:

Sacrilege, One of Dylan's best.

tonygraz
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10 years ago

#45

Posted Mar 21 2012

How many times must I write that the pipeline WILL get approved by Obama? If not until after the election, you can sure darn bet he will strongly favor it during the election and more vehemently as the election cycle progresses.

rfenst wrote:

Runnin' out of time ?

DrafterX
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10 years ago

#46

I'm outraged... 😟

DrafterX
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9 years ago

#47

So im curious. . And prolly should look at this closer... but is this the same pipline the Indians are protesting in North Dakota. .?? And who convinced them it was bad..?? 🤔

A little respect for their cause will be appreciated. . I'm not sure they're right myself... just looking for thoughts.. 😟

Covfireman
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9 years ago

#48

OBama approved it and approved running it through an Indian Reservation .. I guess you a nt say white man speak with forked tongue.

They're putting through an aquifer that supplies all of the reservations water. You have to lol at Obama approving it . It shows he has no backbone and is in the pocket of the oil companies.

Covfireman
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9 years ago

#49

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Authorities are evacuating numerous buildings around a train derailment and fire along the James River in downtown Lynchburg, Va.

The city of Lynchburg on its website posted that the fire department was on the scene Wednesday afternoon and urged motorists and pedestrians to avoid the area.

No injuries were immediately reported.

Photos and video show several black tanker-like train cars derailed and extensive flames and smoke.

A phone message left by The Associated Press with the Lynchburg Police Department wasn't immediately returned.

Lynchburg is a city of about 77,000 people in the foothills of Blue Ridge Mountains. It is home to Liberty University and several others and is located about halfway between Baltimore and Charlotte, N.C.

Film at 11... 😟

DrafterX wrote:

I just saw this . I put a train in the river about 200 feet from where this one went in . In fact this train went in right where the track repair ended from my derailment . Mine was due to a broken rail . This one was due to a broken rail and the 2 they had after that were due to a broken rail ..

CSX has not undercut that section of track in the last 20 years . As trains go over the tracks wet weather mud is forced up through the ballast . That makes the track bed unstable .so each time they fix a section after a derailment they create a weak point where the repair ends . The new section doesn't move when a train goes over it and the unrepaired section has some give in it . When the weather is either very hot or very cold it gets worse .

I have no idea why the NTSB hasn't stepped in to require CSX to repair that section of track it's only @ 5 miles . I know why CSX doest it would cost to much .

Oh I almost forgot a conductor working in that area was hit with a piece of rail that broke off while he was watching a train by . It was only a 15 inch section of 150# rail and just the ball of the rail ( top section ) .

DrafterX
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9 years ago

#50

Ouch... 🤦

DrafterX
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9 years ago

#51

President Trump signed executive orders on Tuesday effectively reviving the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, which had been stalled by the Obama administration under pressure from environmental and other groups.

The president said the projects would be subject to a “renegotiation of the terms.” But he made clear the government was resuming consideration for both pipelines, describing them as a potential boon to construction workers.

“We’re going to put a lot of … steel workers back to work,” Trump said. “We’ll build our own pipelines, we will build our own pipes.”

To that end, the president signed three other orders related to pipeline construction, including one expediting the environmental permitting process for infrastructure projects and one directing the Commerce Department to maximize the use of U.S. steel.

The moves on the pipelines had been widely expected, as Trump last year blasted his predecessor for effectively blocking the projects.

Republican allies hailed Tuesday’s orders, with House Speaker Paul Ryan saying in a statement, “It’s about time.”

North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer said: “Today’s executive orders affirm President Trump’s respect for the rule of law and his support for responsible infrastructure development, energy production and job creation.”

Former President Obama stopped the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in late 2015, declaring it would have undercut U.S. efforts to clinch a global climate change deal that was a centerpiece of his environmental legacy. The pipeline would run from Canada to Nebraska where it would connect to existing lines running to U.S. refineries on the Gulf Coast. The U.S. government needs to approve the pipeline because it would cross the nation's northern border.

Film at 11.... 😟

DrMaddVibe
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9 years ago

#52

Trump vs Buffett

DrafterX
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9 years ago

#53

With a heave... and a ho.... 😟

teedubbya
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9 years ago

#54

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/24/canada-oil-pipeline-spills-200000-liters-on-aboriginal-land.html

DrafterX
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9 years ago

#55

More crude oil was spilled in U.S. rail incidents last year than was spilled in the nearly four decades since the federal government began collecting data on such spills, an analysis of the data shows.

Including major derailments in Alabama and North Dakota, more than 1.15 million gallons of crude oil was spilled from rail cars in 2013, according to data from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

By comparison, from 1975 to 2012, U.S. railroads spilled a combined 800,000 gallons of crude oil. The spike underscores new concerns about the safety of such shipments as rail has become the preferred mode for oil producers amid a North American energy boom.

The federal data does not include incidents in Canada where oil spilled from trains. Canadian authorities estimate that more than 1.5 million gallons of crude oil spilled in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, on July 6, when a runaway train derailed and exploded, killing 47 people. The cargo originated in North Dakota.

Nearly 750,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from a train on Nov. 8 near Aliceville, Ala. The train also originated in North Dakota and caught fire after it derailed in a swampy area. No one was injured or killed.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration doesn’t yet have spill data from a Dec. 30 derailment near Casselton, N.D. But the National Transportation Safety Board, which is the lead investigator in that incident, estimates that more than 400,000 gallons of crude oil were spilled there. Though no one was injured or killed, the intense fire forced most of Casselton’s 2,400 residents to evacuate in subzero temperatures.

Film at 11.... 🤔

teedubbya
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9 years ago

#56

I'd like to see s side by side during the same time period normalized as a percentage of total volume. This shows 1975-2012 vs 2013 rail only.

I don't know the answer (haven't looked) but would like to see the real comparative numbers.

I don't care about the pipeline one way or another. If it somehow helps something substantive rather than symbolic I'm for it if we can do it right.

I just found it ironic on the day it was greenlighted there was another spill.

DrMaddVibe
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9 years ago

#57

teedubbya wrote:

With Buffett ratcheting up railroad scores lately and being able to shut down the pipeline with the Kenyan King you can almost assuredly find data that the spills on the rails are up...substantially!

I don't have an issue with the pipeline either as we have 100's of them criss-crossing the nation already and do their job. The quality control going into a project is tighter than it's ever been and they can "see" when and where a leak might happen and rectify it before it spills a drop. Doesn't mean that accidents happen, however this industry has improved with technology. The flaw in all of this is that we won't allow more refineries to be built to ease where and how the pipelines deliver the petroleum. That's criminal. As it stands now they can only "improve" what they have in place.

Look, at the end of the day I'm for seeking out alternative fuel sources and believe that we should employ an all approach. I'd LOVE to get off the oil teet and use solar power for almost all of our needs but...we're too damned busy rebuilding $hitholes in Iraq and Afghanistan that NEVER had a decent power grid to begin with...so until we stop that hemorrhaging of senseless taxpayer dollars...we won't get off the oil.

Reminds me...there are 1000's of vehicle fatalities each and every day and they're still selling and making automobiles.

DrafterX
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9 years ago

#58

lots of data out there.. I did a quick google and just copied the first few paragraphs of the first link.. but if you consider the millions of miles of existing pipelines not burning diesel and expelling those damn hazardous emissions the trucks and trains do it's kind of a no brainer... Obama just hated Oil & Gas & Steel... 😟

DrMaddVibe
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9 years ago

#59

DrafterX wrote:

It's apparent...especially given what's happening with all of the American businesses that the Kenyan King HATED America!

DrafterX
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9 years ago

#60

ya... I heard his wife did too.... 😟

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