From: w.d.hines.unspammed@ns.sympatico.nospam.ca   
      
   On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:10:31 -0400, conklin wrote:   
      
   > "Calvin Henry-Cotnam"  wrote in message   
   > news:20140713-030048.133.0@Calvin-Henry-Cotnam.free.teranews.com...   
   >> John Albert (j.albert@snet.net) said...   
   >>>   
   >>>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?)   
   >>   
   >> Typically, it can take about a year and a half or more for an   
   >> investigation report to be released by the TSB.   
   >>   
   >> Want proof? Just take a look at the accident reports on their website.   
   >> Go to http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/index.asp   
   >>   
   >> The most recent one available is for an incident that occurred on April   
   >> 28, 2013. This came out on June 11, 2014. A report for an incident on   
   >> March 26, 2013 came out on June 17, 2014.   
   >>   
   >> A higher-profile accident where VIA Rail train derailed and killed the   
   >> three crew members in the locomotive on February 12, 2012 didn't come   
   >> out until October 9, 2013 - that is 20 months after the accident!   
   >>   
   >> I would be willing to bet that few people outside of Canada (even   
   >> outside of southern Ontario!) even heard of that accident. Lac Megantic   
   >> became a world-wide news story. With this high level profile, I highly   
   >> doubt that the report will be sooner than the same 20 months.   
   >>   
   >> Be patient.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > The more publicity a case gets, the longer the report takes?  This is   
   > pure politics.  It gives the public (but not the victims) time to forget   
   > the whole thing and makes it easier to ignore the causes of the accident   
   > in the first place.   
      
   The TSB is not concerned with politics. They generally do a very   
   extensive investigation and a comprehensive report. And, just for you   
   George, I wouldn't be surprised if their investigation considered any   
   factor the condition of the track had in the derailment.   
      
   gwh   
      
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