Join us as we look at the East Palestine Rail Disaster that occurred on February 3rd, 2023, and analyze why it happened and what happened after the event. This class is being presented by the Railway Action Committee of the Labor Commission of the Party of Communists USA!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:30 1980 Staggers Rail Act
5:10 Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR)
7:40 Video: ECP Braking Could've Mitigated Disaster
10:15 Q&A 1
18:15 The Derailment
23:00 Video from More Perfect Union
28:45 Second Video from More Perfect Union
31:35 Q&A 2
39:00 The Aftermath
45:05 Q&A 3
51:35 The Aftermath, continued
55:10 Q&A 4 and Conclusion
1:11:00 Song: JP Wright - Railroad Man
