It’s a comment that you see frequently these days. “Why all these train derailments all of a sudden?”
I suppose that what we have here is a case of train derailments haven’t been happening because the news hasn’t mentioned it. Let’s start with facts that the news media won’t tell you:
Since 2020 there have been something on the order of five train derailments per day in this country. It should be noted that figure is down rather markedly from previous years. All of that data being provided by the federal railway administration.
So with that information the question becomes, why are we suddenly hearing about these things now? I think we can pretty much guarantee that the reason is the need for a distraction rather than an overt concern for safety.. this of course constitutes another reason not to fully trust the mainstream news media
A distraction from what, you may ask.
A distraction from the utter disaster, economically socially and geopolitically over the last 3 years. That’s particularly true in comparison to the four years before that.
I’m sure you can fully understand the current administration wanting to focus the attention of the American people on choo-choos running off the rails instead of the country running off the rails under their watch.