Railroads are responsible for regularly inspecting tracks and equipment. Federal Road Administration does inspections too, but not all the time.
Railroads and owners of the cars that ride on their tracks are responsible for regularly inspecting track, signals and rolling stock, while the federal government, which regulates railroads, inspects them only occasionally.
Five of the cars contained vinyl chloride, a colorless gas used to make hard plastic resin in products like credit cards and PVC pipes.ov. Mike DeWine said that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio told him that the Norfolk Southern train was not properly classifiedNorfolk Southern carried out a controlled release of the vinyl chloride around 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 6, unleashing a black plume high above eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
But the Federal Railroad Administration has just 400 inspectors, Flatau said, while the nation's rail system has 140,000"route miles," including more than 5,000 in Ohio. A route mile can include one or more parallel tracks.
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