From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   John Albert  wrote:   
      
   >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???   
      
   Apparently it's the political decision to prosecute the three men for criminal   
   wrongdoing.   
      
   You said a while back that you had a theory, that the brake cylinders   
   lost too much air pressure too quickly to be explained by the   
   engine shutoff.   
      
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