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thucythucy

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16. But didn't the MMA then leave the train unattended?

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #15)

Tue Jul 9, 2013, 09:24 AM

Jul 2013

That's the account I thought I heard, but I could be wrong.

If the train wasn't unattended, why was there no apparent attempt to sound an alarm after the tank cars broke loose?

As Cali says all the facts aren't in--but assuming the train was indeed left unattended, whoever made that decision wasn't thinking clearly.

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Runaway Quebec Train's Owner Battled Safety Issues [View all] cali Jul 2013 OP

Let us police ourselves, they said. It will be safe, they said. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2013 #1

And then Aerows Jul 2013 #12

And I bet he has his company organized in such a way exboyfil Jul 2013 #2

The rising use of only one person operating and on these trains is a shockingly bad practice cali Jul 2013 #3

This could have all been avoided if B2G Jul 2013 #4

not enough is known yet. and honestly cali Jul 2013 #5

I understand all of that, but B2G Jul 2013 #6

maybe. I still think we don't know enough cali Jul 2013 #7

Absolutely. When you operate so a single-point failure can cause a massive tragedy... Jerry442 Jul 2013 #9

+1000 B2G Jul 2013 #11

At first glance this all looks unbelievably stupid. thucythucy Jul 2013 #13

nothing is yet established, but there's a whole lot of stupid apparently. cali Jul 2013 #14

The fire department didn't leave the train unattended pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #15

But didn't the MMA then leave the train unattended? thucythucy Jul 2013 #16

Really. Are we supposed to believe the MMA people watched the train roll silently away... Jerry442 Jul 2013 #17

I believe that the train began to roll after the MMA people left FarCenter Jul 2013 #18

The chief of the Nantes Fire Dept. (that put out the earlier locomotive fire) is worried pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #8

I don't think so, there's more to this story. MicaelS Jul 2013 #19

A technical question: Jerry442 Jul 2013 #20

Correct, a derail would have done that. MicaelS Jul 2013 #21

TY. Very informative. nt Jerry442 Jul 2013 #22

Disaster should prompt state to examine rail regs bluedigger Jul 2013 #10