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Originally Posted by rubecube
Glad someone brought this up finally. Can't believe in the 200 year history of train travel no one has considered extreme weather conditions.
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To be fair the major rail companies tend to be more reactionary than proactive when it comes to safety issues. Remember that train near golden a few years ago that was parked on an incline in extreme cold and the break lines gave out causing the train to roll backwards down the tracks and eventually derail? The policies were changed after the incident, but it could have been prevented had there been better safety standards in place to begin with.