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AtheistCrusader

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1. Seems like there should be some censure for failing to set the handbrakes to spec but

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 08:02 PM

Jan 2018

it is unlikely the specced number of handbrakes would have held the train, so I guess it would be pointless to prosecute on it.

Bigger fish need to be fried over this. Much bigger.

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All 3 MMA rail workers acquitted in Lac-Megantic disaster trial [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2018 OP

Seems like there should be some censure for failing to set the handbrakes to spec but AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #1

Here's hoping whatever the Canadian equivalent of a civil trial gets the right fish. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2018 #2

Residents favor verdict. Now company (bankrupt) faces charges of criminal negligence causing death Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #4

That was a tragic accident jpak Jan 2018 #3