To: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   * In a message originally to Allen Prunty, John Levine said:   
      
    JL> Recent reports say that the data recorder in the engine is an old   
    JL> model that didn't work, not clear if they've gotten the one in   
    JL> the cab car since the site is still hazardous.   
      
   Seems like they would have updated that recorder a long time ago... I   
   now that municipal cities are not the best with finances and are   
   hurting, but some things need to be replaced.  I wonder if this will   
   play a factor in the mess.  Was the train a municipal line, a national   
   line or a state line?   
      
    JL> The engineer said the train was going 10 mph as it approached the   
    JL> station. No reports of misbehavior or medical problems.   
      
   He was employed for a very long time too... I would say he was   
   competent and would be a good employee to have been employed nearly 30   
   years.  This one is a mystery... I know that they were cutting back on   
   payroll by only having one engineer.   
      
   Until then we just have to play the waiting game :-(   
      
   Allen   
      
      
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