Re: [MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press

2015-02-24 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/apr/02/greenpolitics.hatfield On Feb 23, 2015 6:02 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: When we lived in Houston there was a train track across the street behind some houses. At some point the track developed a gap between rails,

Re: [MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press

2015-02-23 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
When we lived in Houston there was a train track across the street behind some houses. At some point the track developed a gap between rails, maybe a half inch or so. You could hear the clack-clack every time a wheel truck ran over it. I went and looked at it one day and the front rail was

Re: [MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press

2015-02-23 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
When we lived in Houston there was a train track across the street behind some houses. At some point the track developed a gap between rails, maybe a half inch or so. You could hear the clack-clack every time a wheel truck ran over it. I went and looked at it one day and the front rail was

Re: [MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press

2015-02-23 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Lucky they didn't try to blame it on you! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On February 23, 2015 9:02:26 AM EST, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: When we lived in Houston there was a train track across the street behind some houses. At some point the track

Re: [MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press

2015-02-23 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
Also back in the day, the Pentagon was built in only 16 months. http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-pentagon -Original Message- From: Addison Thompson via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 9:52 PM Here's a pipeline story, one that helped us win

[MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press

2015-02-22 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OIL_TRAINS_SAFETY?SITE=APSECTION=HOMETEMPLATE=DEFAULTCTIME=2015-02-22-12-00-23 -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press

2015-02-22 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
And you also have to maintain and repair your pipeline. Most of the resistance to the Keystone XL comes from the history (rather bad, actually) of the owners. They are notorious for large leaks and poor maintenance along with slow and inadequate response to problems in their existing

Re: [MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press

2015-02-22 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
. Of course you need to use a lot of the stuff to amortize the cost of building a pipeline -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Max Dillon via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 4:09 PM To: Mercedes Subject: [MBZ] OT: US oil train

Re: [MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press

2015-02-22 Thread Addison Thompson via Mercedes
...@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press Date: February 22, 2015 3:24:09 PM PST No news here. Back in the 70s, I was part of an environmental review for building a pipeline to get jet fuel (JP4 then) to Edwards AFB. Pipelines aren't perfect

Re: [MBZ] OT: US oil train safety report from The Associated Press

2015-02-22 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Here's a pipeline story, one that helped us win WW2. I imagine they didn't do an environmental impact report before installing this one... https://www.youtube.com/v/Nv9lBqPVuoEfeature=uploademail The country was not run by marxist wackos back then. ___