From: w.d.hines.unspammed@ns.sympatico.nospam.ca   
      
   On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 11:04:23 -0400, 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???   
      
   I don't think anything is holding it up. I think they're just doing a   
   thorough job. This is a link to a statement from the head of the   
   Transportation Safety Board:   
      
   http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/medias-media/communiques/rail/2014/   
   r13d0054-20140704.asp   
      
   http://tinyurl.com/p99tngr   
      
   This is a link to the active investigative page mentioned in the above   
   item:   
      
   http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes-investigations/rail/2013/R13D0054/   
   R13D0054.asp   
      
   http://tinyurl.com/qzwdht3   
      
      
   Hopefully we'll soon have some answers.   
      
   gwh   
      
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