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   Message 1,005 of 3,261   
   John Albert to All   
   Why no official report on Lac Megantic ?   
   11 Jul 14 11:04:22   
   
   From: j.albert@snet.net   
      
   It's now been a year since the runaway train disaster in Lac   
   Megantic. Yet I've seen nothing about the official report on   
   the incident from the Canadian equivalent of the FRA/STB,   
   etc. (isn't it called the "TSB" up there?)   
      
   Which makes me wonder WHY the report is being delayed.   
      
   I spent 32 years in engine service in freight, commuter,   
   long-distance passenger, so I have some knowledge as to   
   railroad matters.   
      
   I sense that the investigators pretty much had the facts as   
   to "why the train moved" within a very short time after they   
   downloaded the event recorders on the engines.   
      
   However, the data that they have contains some information   
   that I believe they do not want made public.   
      
   And I believe that this is why we've seen no report.   
      
   What actually happened on those engines may not "fit the   
   narrative" that officials want released before the public.   
      
   They've had more than a year to work on this.   
   What's holding it up???   
      
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