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   JG to Adam H. Kerman   
   Re: Why no official report on Lac Megant   
   12 Jul 14 12:36:54   
   
   From: jgrove24@hotmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, July 12, 2014 12:07:57 PM UTC-5, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Wayne Hines  wrote:   
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   > >On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 11:04:23 -0400, John Albert wrote:   
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   > >>It's now been a year since the runaway train disaster in Lac Megantic.   
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   > >>Yet I've seen nothing about the official report on the incident from the   
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   > >>Canadian equivalent of the FRA/STB, etc. (isn't it called the "TSB" up   
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   > >>there?)   
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   > >>Which makes me wonder WHY the report is being delayed.   
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   > >>I spent 32 years in engine service in freight, commuter, long-distance   
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   > >>passenger, so I have some knowledge as to railroad matters.   
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   > >>I sense that the investigators pretty much had the facts as to "why the   
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   > >>train moved" within a very short time after they downloaded the event   
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   > >>recorders on the engines.   
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   > >>However, the data that they have contains some information that I   
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   > >>believe they do not want made public.   
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   > >>And I believe that this is why we've seen no report.   
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   > >>What actually happened on those engines may not "fit the narrative" that   
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   > >>officials want released before the public.   
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   > >>They've had more than a year to work on this.   
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   > >>What's holding it up???   
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   > >I don't think anything is holding it up. I think they're just doing a   
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   > >thorough job. . . .   
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   > If the facts of the investigation fail to support indictments against   
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   > the three men, it's unethical that they're sitting on this report. If   
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   > the fact do support the indictments, it's unethical that the report   
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   > wasn't released so there's public confidence in the prosecution and   
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   > so the defendants may prepare a proper defense.   
      
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