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It demonstrates the working environment and management culture in the industry. In short management doesn't care.

That said, "visible seepage" is infuriatingly vague. Any seal will "seep" to some extent. Oil seals can have "visible seepage" and still have life left in them.

A healthy industry would have clear internal standards that clarifies bad rules like this and enforcement.



It's not irrelevant but it's not a smoking gun. We don't even know an inspection would have caught anything for this train.


No, not a smoking gun. Just evidence of a degraded culture




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