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|    John Albert to hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com    |
|    Re: Chester accident?    |
|    04 Apr 16 22:24:20    |
   
   From: j.albert@snet.net   
      
   On 4/4/16 7:57 PM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > Any idea what went wrong?   
      
   - Person providing protection for equipment crew (would be either a   
   track foreman or a conductor-flag) somehow messed up or got confused   
   regarding "foul time" -- and let equipment foul a "live track".   
      
   - Engineer had a bulletin to look out for work area protected by stop   
   signs and somehow messed up ("got by" the stop sign)   
      
   - Dispatcher was providing protection (perhaps by limiting trains to   
   certain tracks only), and somehow messed up. -- sending train down wrong   
   track.   
      
   Hard to say at this point.   
      
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