Recently there was a train derailment in the province of Quebec, Canada. It carried "light crude" in many of it's containers which exploded in the centre of a little town and engulfed everything, including people, in flames. 47 people died. People living in towns and cities in the vicinity of rail lines should be able to live without fear that a train loaded with deadly cargo can derail and explode killing everything in their neighbourhood. It is an outrage that in a wealthy, technologically advanced country like Canada these potentially deadly 19th century railroad practices are still allowed. We have all the wealth and resources necessary in Canada and other wealthy countries to install all those rail tracks outside of the towns and cities which they now pass through. My fellow world travelers have to become a little more vocal and engaged to make it loud and clear to our governments that we have the right to live free of the fear of an exploding and deadly inferno of a train passing next to our homes, schools and neighbourhoods.
