I thought that too but it turns out the axles were glowing hot and the signals from detectors built to prevent this thing were either malfunctioning or ignored. Keywords: ohio derailment hot box detector
Hey Bill, looks like these detectors are reporting an issue. If I wasn't so overworked and underpaid, I might notice it.
Yeah John, I don't notice anything either, on account of me being forced to work and having no autonomy in this industry. Would be a shame if something bad happened as a result.
These kind of safety whistleblowers (literally) are totally unprotected.
If Bill were to have put the train into emergency, checked everything, let it cool off, and then resumed travel, there would have been no disaster but Bill would likely have been yelled at at best or written up at worst for delaying a train, causing disruption throughout the system.
