“There are qualified mechanical inspectors at all these points, and they were not allowed to inspect this car at any of those locations,” Jason Cox, of the Transportation Communications Union, testified at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing Friday. The post Witness testifies freight car involved in NS train derailment was not inspected appeared first on FreightWaves.
steve: one thing as joe biden is up in the commonwealth of massachusetts celebrating thanksgiving, one thing on his plate that he may have to deal with is a nationwide rail strike. because yesterday, 28,000 train conductors represented by the sheet metal air, rail, and transport workers also known as the smart union rejected a deal. keep in mind it was back in september when the president he personally intervened to make sure there was not a rail strike before the midterm election. the white house was involved. they needed all 12 unions on the same page, so far, four unions have said nope, not interested. and now we could be heading for a strike that is going to screw up everything. ainsley: it will make the supply chain recovery even worse. because these rails transport so much of what we buy. steve: like oil and gas. because the president pulled the plug on the keystone pipeline first day.
and train conductors. they stayed until they were able to get the job done. i want to share with you what one union official said when he described those negotiations. he called it a slog. meanwhile, we already saw, when we heard about the threat of this strike, the impact, for example, amtrak, as you mentioned, cancelled all of its long distance services of its outside of its northeast corridor. and many people may have been wondering why. no, amtrak was not involved in the negotiations, none of amtrak workers. but these tracks behind me are one example. amtrak only owns about roughly 3% of its rails. 97% of amtrak tracks are owned by the freight rail companies. so a lot of relief this morning as people were trying to make alternative plans who depend on, here in chicago, the metro line.
and this just recover. we are trying to confirm the ages, but it was a range of ages. this is a train system that s not in a tourist area of new york. this is sunset park high school right around the corner. this happened right before 8:30. we hope there are no young people or children involved in this. we know that the investigation has begun. but what can you tell us about evidence collected? evidence collected we know that a gun was corecovered at t scene. and we know it is collect ed. there s still a lot. this is a moving subway. that s something to point out. thank goodness the train conductors kept the train moving to get people to safety. but also this crime scene takes up a massive area in new york city. so this is a big crime scene. we re still working on sources
alex? hi, neil. russian president vladimir putin says peace talks have reached a dead end. the president visited the eastern side of the country saying his military will achieve its goal in the ukraine. the pentagon says they re looking at reports of a possible weapons attack that could have taken place in the eastern side of the country in mariupol. the pentagon says it cannot confirm those reports, which the kremlin has denied. the city of mariupol has been largely surrounded by russian forces for weeks on end. the mayor says up to 20,000 people could die. among the unsung heros, getting residents in and out of the areas are the train conductors and staff. much of the country has come to a survival stan-point lead. they have not stopped working. they said even if they re personally afraid, they won t let it show.