The writer is executive director of American CompassThe Republican party’s instinctive opposition to regulation has collided head-on with the reality of lax safety standards on the nation’s railroads. American freight trains derail tens times as often as their British counterparts, according to the industry’s own data, and the February disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, demonstrated just how costly the accidents can be. Tankers in a 149-car Norfolk Southern train carrying vinyl chloride caught fire and derailed after an overheating wheel bearing went undetected until too late. Residents in two states had to evacuate their homes.
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