Ryan
Court Jester
After being rudely awoken this morning, I got to wondering about what policies railroads had in place for earthquakes. I would imagine that a severe enough quake would seriously throw some rails out of alignment and that after an earthquake of a certain magnitude you'd have slow orders (or no trains at all) in the area until the tracks can be verified safe.
I'd imagine UP and BNSF are probably equipped to deal with this, but what about CSX, who doesn't really operate in areas that would be considered "earthquake prone". Despite running fairly close to the epicenter of this quake, the Brunswick line seems to be running normally this morning.
I'd imagine UP and BNSF are probably equipped to deal with this, but what about CSX, who doesn't really operate in areas that would be considered "earthquake prone". Despite running fairly close to the epicenter of this quake, the Brunswick line seems to be running normally this morning.