La Megantic video = wow

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Prayers for everyone affected by this tragedy.
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X2. Sounds to me like some people off that train crew need to be severely beaten. Latest allegations are that the train brakes were not properly "set." Aren't those "set" when the air is removed?
 
There are a lot of possibilities of what went wrong. There is supposed to be a manual handbrake applied every 10 train cars, to prevent this. I smell negligence in the air.
 
OMG that is horrible. I feel so sad for these people. Its like something from a movie.
 
Startin' to sound like this train crew and that 777 flight crew need to go into the same bag
 
I heard on the news lastnight,that there was a fire on the main engine that was running supplying air for the trains brakes.When the fire department put out the fire,they also shut the engine down causing the brakes to fail.Who,s to blame now?:eek:ops:
 
The owners of this train are American and I watched an interview with the President of the company ...he raised lot of issues and fault is not cut and dry lie CBC infers... Local officials restricted the company to very limited access to the train however, when the company completed it's quick inspection, all power was off and there was no reason for a spark to occur so how did the fire start ?

I think this one is going to go on for a very long time...

Along this point, I have noticed that the Quebec government haven't come to the aid of it's folks like the Alberta Government has...too bad..
 
Railroader's worst nightmare. Death toll is staggering. Finger pointing won't help, but there is a lot of concern about the state of the brakes. Ed Burkhardt is correct, (but a little blunt) in his assessment that there were insufficient handbrakes applied. Train would not have rolled away if they were applied and tested as per CROR 112. Check out the rules here.

[ame]http://www.tc.gc.ca/media/documents/railsafety/cror_tco093.pdf[/ame]

Air brakes will get lots of scrutiny, but the firefighters actions are quite unlikely to have released the brakes. Check out this operating description.

http://www.railway-technical.com/brake2.shtml#SuccessiveApplications

Brake pipe pressure needs to be increased in order to release air brakes. Can't see this happening from shutting down an engine.

There's a lot to take in here. I'm interested in hearing what they (MMA/Rail World), have to say about not sending a rules qualified company representative down to assist the fire department. Poor track foreman is going to get hung out to dry. Engineer also has a target pasted to his back and I know he will have to answer for this.

Railroading carries a huge responsibility.
 
Must be my PTSD kicking in. Retired from the railroad for 2 months now and the night after the derailment I barely slept. Kept having nightmares about getting called in to clean up the mess and I worked for a completely different railroad.

37 bodies and counting. Horrible tragedy.
 
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