Hazmat derailment near Philadelphia

[ngauger]

As I understood it, this bridge has been problematic for quite some time. Maybe the "visual inspection" was not as thorough as usual, given that the bridge probably frequently had problems.

It almost sounds like a case of "Oh, don't worry, it always does that!" that went wrong.

Yeah - I'm thinking that too.... That's why i made the comment (and asked the question) about "Dispatch" giving the "go ahead".. it seems that the bridge was just called in as "Not closing" the day before and also numerous issues as much as 2 years in the past.... The last issue was the rails were 4" off center...

Their story is that the bridge was repaired by Conrail right after the problem that was reported the day before... But after a train went over the same day as the derailment, it was showing an "error" as if it still was not functioning exactly as it should. the next trian that went over the bridge, was the derailed one

Something else to ponder: Didn't it derail in the early morning?? It was "DARK!!!! - maybe the conductor missed something in the dark.....