Lynchburg Train Derailment Lit James River On Fire [Video]

Above: Drone-captured video of the April 30, 2014 train derailment in Lynchburg, Virginia. Via WSET.com - ABC13. Yesterday's multi-car train derailment in Lynchburg underscores what Dan Baum wrote last year in Popular Science: The railroad that keeps our 21st century economy on the move is still running on 19th century technology. "Trains carry 40 percent of America's freight as well as 650 million passengers a year, and in general, their safety record is good and getting better. Most of the 2,0...