text: In reply to message77551: on average there are over 1700 train derailments in the US every year…Someone stated about other countries having trains go 200 mph but we can’t keep freight trains on the track… our problem is those freight trains have a lot of roads that cross them, those bullet trains don’t have roads that cross them. A lot of our derailments are cause by stupid people getting stuck or trying to cross the tracks with the arms down