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applegrove

(132,354 posts) Wed Jul 10, 2013, 09:06 PM Jul 2013

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Tom Harding, engineer of the runaway train in Quebec, was involved in another derailment last year. [View all]

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Tom Harding, engineer of the runaway train in Quebec, was involved in another derailment last year. [View all] applegrove Jul 2013 OP

I am NOT willing to dump the blame on Harding. cali Jul 2013 #1

They are saying the whole rail industry will have to be reregulated after this. Then again applegrove Jul 2013 #2

Read this: cali Jul 2013 #6

I hope this results in regulation in both Canada and the USA. Then again this story was applegrove Jul 2013 #9

I don't know how many US trains run with one man TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #12

Many shortlines run with one, and the Class 1s push it every contract negotiation. Brickbat Jul 2013 #15

Amtrak runs with one man in the cab. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #30

I thought that I read, in one of the stories about this tragedy cali Jul 2013 #18

Wasn't the engineer in for rest in a hotel? TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #3

Apparently he claims he set multiple hand brakes on the tanker cars. That seems impossible. It looks applegrove Jul 2013 #4

why does it seem impssible? There could have been tampering. the cops cali Jul 2013 #7

I think they have ruled out terrorism. They are investigating criminal negligence. applegrove Jul 2013 #8

tampering doesn't neccessarily mean terrorism and they have NOT ruled that out cali Jul 2013 #13

Okay. Criminal but "not terrorism" means criminal negligence to me but I could be wrong. applegrove Jul 2013 #19

The investigation will show how many cars had handbrakes applied, along with other valuable data. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #10

Fireman? A HERETIC I AM Jul 2013 #11

This wreck certainly demanded the services of firemen TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #14

The train was parked a few kilometers for Lac Megantic in a town called Nantes. A fire broke applegrove Jul 2013 #16

Turning off the engine does not release the airbrakes. The default is braking; you need air pressure Brickbat Jul 2013 #20

Well that leaves me to wonder. I so don't want it to be something nefarious. applegrove Jul 2013 #22

I don't want it to be operator error. Brickbat Jul 2013 #24

Human error is easier to take somehow. They say that malicious man made disasters applegrove Jul 2013 #26

Exactly A HERETIC I AM Jul 2013 #25

not true Niceguy1 Jul 2013 #27

And when the air supply is depleted because of compressors not working? TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #28

Yes, it could release the brakes. MicaelS Jul 2013 #32

There was also someone from MM&A who was on the scene with the firemen cali Jul 2013 #23

Mr. Brickbat works with a guy who still has fireman's rights. Brickbat Jul 2013 #17

There was a fire on the engine and the Nantes fire department cali Jul 2013 #21

Almost every engineer is involved in some kind of derailment every year. Brickbat Jul 2013 #5

Tom Harding is the scapegoat and some DUers are ignorant of that cali Jul 2013 #29

That is probably true, on both counts. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #31

It's shameful. Every Class 1 in North America is hoping this gets pinned on the engineer, so they Brickbat Jul 2013 #33

It seems likely that MMA's policy was to not set handbrakes on the cars -- needs investigation FarCenter Jul 2013 #34

One inexpensive bit of prevention was missing here TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #35

I stand with Tom Harding who is being smeared by the shit stain chairman of Rail World cali Jul 2013 #36

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