threatened the drinking supply in the area. and a few months before lynchburg, virginia and the cars full of oil blew up in the city along the banks of the james river. this is not in the middle of nowhere. it was in lynchburg. it s the nightmare scenario if you sat at a railroad crossing in your town and have seen the oil cars rumble by. a bunch of the tanker cars full of oil just dumped their contents right into the james river. it caused the evacuation of hundreds of people. incredibly, nobody was killed. this keeping happens. and one after another, we have watched as the oil trains roll with increasing free quencyfrequency, we have seen the trains one reason
the federal railroad administration. it sounds like an agency that we got rid of in the 1800s. it s not as ancient as it sounds and it s supposed to make sure what is happening on the rails in america and happening safely. in the 21st century is a concern. this is what is happening an the rails around the country with increasing regularity. this is an oil train that exploded in illinois last month. 100 tanker cars filled if oil and when it derailed the cars exploded and the fire could not be put out for ways. and mount carbon west virginia the cars full of oil exploded and turned that air in in west virginia into the scene of a flaming inferno. it led to the evacuation of hundreds of people and
in your town and have seen the oil cars rumble by. a bunch of the tanker cars full of oil just dumped their contents right into the james river. it caused the evacuation of hundreds of people. incredibly, nobody was killed. this keeping happens. and one after another, we have watched as the oil trains roll with increasing frequency, we have seen the trains one reason or the other derail and we wait for local first responders to tend. and really, they burn for days. but in that equation n the burn, derail, erupt equation, the erupting part is not necessarily
town attend saw the rail cars rumble by. in lynchburg, in addition to the fires and explosions a bunch of tanker cars full of oil also dumped their contents into the james river. it caused the evacuation of hundreds of people. incredibly, nobody was killed. this keeps happening. the trains seem fine on the tracks but one after the other we ve watched as these oil trains rolling with increasing frequency through towns large and small all across the country one after another we have watched these trains full of oil jump the tracks for whatever reason they derail they erupt then we just hope they aren t too close to any major population centers and wait for days while local first responders try to contain the fires because local fire departments don t have the power to put these things out. so really they burn for days. but in that equation in that derail, erupt, burn for days equation, the erupting part is not necessarily a given.
this is what is happening an the rails around the country with increasing regularity. this is an oil train that exploded in illinois last month. 100 tanker cars filled if oil and when it derailed, the cars exploded and the fire could not be put out for ways. and mount carbon, west virginia, the cars full of oil exploded and turned that air in in west virginia into the scene of a flaming inferno. it led to the evacuation of hundreds of people and threatened the drinking supply in the area. and a few months before, lynchburg, virginia, and the cars full of oil blew up in the city along the banks of the james river. this is not in the middle of nowhere. it was in lynchburg. it s the nightmare scenario if you sat at a railroad crossing