https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/04/26/what-does-a-lawsuit-over-1-25-miles-of-track-in-richmond-say-about-the-odds-of-a-train-derailment-in-the-east-bay/

RICHMOND — Albert Engel Sr. can only stare at the Richmond Rail Connector in his backyard with dread, fearing that the overgrown vegetation, homeless encampments and pools of water that at times accumulate around the nearly decade-old berm foreshadow a train derailment along that track.

The three acres of land abutting the small industrial yard he owns on Giant Road are wedged between BNSF Railway tracks to the east and a Union Pacific Railroad line to the west.