Railroad Dangers - It Doesn't Take a Genius to Figure Out Why Trains Derail

Another Train Derailment in Darby Borough! What the heck is going on? In February of 2000, the CSX Corporation experienced the 5th derailment in less than 2 weeks in Darby Borough at the SAME location. Even a novice like me, can figure out that something is definitely wrong with this picture.

Two hours after the 5th derailment, CSX was ready to roll again. I questioned how they can just get up and continue on without investigating why the derailment occured. Their reply was "because we are the railroad that's why". Now what kind of an answer is that? A shoddy one. So I asked the officials if the tracks were safe for train passage. "Of course they are" was the reply. So, I asked for their answer in writing. They refused. That's when I took matters into my own hands. I blocked the tracks. I put my 1980 Dodge Diplomat on the tracks and told them they couldn't go through the town. I don't think they liked that very much. Three hours later, one of the "head honcho's" of CSX was flown into the mobile command center that was set up. He told me "Look lady, I got a train load of Tropicana that's due in New York City. you have to move your car." I countered back, "Look Mr., I have the safety of 12,000 residents that I have to worry about. You want your Tropicana in New York? Put it in writing that these tracks are safe". He refused.