| Title: | Dilapidated train track is in years-old image and isn’t close to East Palestine derailment site |
| URL: | https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/23/facebook-posts/photo-misleadingly-claims-show-dilapidated-ohio-ra/ |
| Publisher: | PolitiFact |
| Date published: | February 23, 2023 |
| Description: | The image in the widespread photo is from a 6-year-old video that showed an old railway in Ohio. It had already been fixed by the time the Feb. 3 derailment happened in East Palestine. The Biden-Harris administration announced plans to help railway infrastructure in Ohio, including managing $4 billion to improve rail safety. A Facebook post said a photo of a dilapidated railroad track shows “what railways in Ohio look like while we send $40 billion to Ukraine.” The image used in the post comes from a 6-year-old video, and that railway has since been fixed. We rate this claim False. |
Dilapidated train track is in years-old image and isn’t close to East Palestine derailment site
The image in the widespread photo is from a 6-year-old video that showed an old railway in Ohio. It had already been fixed by the time the Feb. 3 derailment happened in East Palestine.
The Biden-Harris administration announced plans to help railway infrastructure in Ohio, including managing $4 billion to improve rail safety.
A Facebook post said a photo of a dilapidated railroad track shows "what railways in Ohio look like while we send $40 billion to Ukraine."
The image used in the post comes from a 6-year-old video, and that railway has since been fixed.
We rate this claim False.
