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Report: Railway head says train in Canada tampered with
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| 9 Jul 2013
Posted on 07/09/2013 7:43:28 AM PDT by mandaladon
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The Montreal newspaper says Burkhardt doesn't "believe that the event was malicious or an act of terrorism." Burkhardt is quoted as saying that his company has begun an internal inquiry that has been "limited by rescue efforts and parallel investigations under way since Saturday."................Something strange happened here.
To: mandaladon
I’ve read that the firefighters turned OFF the lead engine, which was providing power to the air brakes.
Whether that’s the “tampering” he’s referring to , I don’t know.
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posted on
07/09/2013 7:45:30 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: mandaladon
The brakes had been locked on all four locomotives.
All four wouldn't come unlocked by themselves.
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posted on
07/09/2013 7:46:47 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(This is a sarcasm tag for the retards unable to recognize sarcasm.)
To: mandaladon
It is clearly in the interest of the railroad to not bear responsibility for this event. So rather than it being a case of something simple - like the engineer neglecting to properly secure his train - they need to find some other outside factor.
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posted on
07/09/2013 7:48:00 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: mandaladon
It’s already being reported that firemen responding to a fire in one of the locomotives earlier in the night shut down the engine on that locomotive. It was running to maintain brake pressure on the air brakes on the train and the pressure bled off over time. The train rolled into town after that. There’s another thread posted earlier with details.
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posted on
07/09/2013 7:48:47 AM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: stormer
Exactly. It may well be that the train was tampered with, but I’m sure as h*ll not going to believe it just because the chairman of the railroad says it is so.
To: mandaladon
A few Years ago Brian Ross produced a segment of an ABC News show in which he demonstrated how easy it was to sabotage a Train carrying dangerous substances. He showed examples of how a simple and small explosive could be placed strategically so as to kill upwards of 100,000 people.
It would appear his intention was to inform the people and the government so that precautions could be taken to prevent such an incident from occurring.
What the BRAIN DEAD STUPID JACK@SS didn't realize is that it was IMPOSSIBLE to solve this problem, and all he accomplished was to notify terrorists of a ripe easy target.
I said at the time of the broadcast "That fool needs to be fired, because he doesn't understand that he has just handed terrorists an effective weapon."
Again, any countermeasures would be so costly or ineffective as to be impossible, so in effect all Brian Ross had done is to endanger the public by spreading knowledge of a security weakness.
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posted on
07/09/2013 7:49:52 AM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
(Partus Sequitur Patrem)
To: mandaladon
Would not surprise me.
I remember right after the Boston Marathon bombings terror incident, they was I think a threat against an Amtrack train.
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posted on
07/09/2013 7:55:02 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: mandaladon
Opponents of building the Keystone XL Pipeline often cite safety and environmental hazards of pipelines, but I think hauling oil by rail or truck would seem to be far more hazardous.
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posted on
07/09/2013 7:55:54 AM PDT
by
The Great RJ
(construction)
To: The Great RJ
Plus the pipeline systems around now are much better built for safety.
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posted on
07/09/2013 7:59:31 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: DiogenesLamp
I recall this ABC News story. I remember that the thing that concerned me was how easy it would be to access all the various chemical plants around the country. If this had been a train carrying tankers of chorine gas, it could have been a lot worse.
To: The Great RJ
Or by ship(Exxon Valdez).
To: saganite
Please do look for the thread if you can. Thank-you.
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posted on
07/09/2013 8:03:04 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: mandaladon
From another thread...
An extremist group called 350 Maine set up a blockade 2 weeks ago - Maine is next door to Quebec.
Hmmm...
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posted on
07/09/2013 8:05:32 AM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: Biggirl
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posted on
07/09/2013 8:06:23 AM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: Izzy Dunne
Impossible,,, firefighters are Heroes and couldnt do such a stupid thing... /sarc
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posted on
07/09/2013 8:09:45 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: Izzy Dunne
Ive read that the firefighters turned OFF the lead engine, which was providing power to the air brakes. This makes no sense to me.
As I understand it, the air brakes require air pressure TO DISENGAGE THE BRAKE PADS, so that any leak or loss of pressure would always lock up the brakes by design, for safety reasons.
So I think sabotage is very likely, eh ?
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posted on
07/09/2013 8:23:48 AM PDT
by
SecondAmendment
(Restoring our Republic at 9.8357x10^8 FPS)
To: saganite
Funny thing about air brakes is that without air pressure the brakes are fully applied.
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posted on
07/09/2013 8:24:30 AM PDT
by
Justa
To: saganite
I thought that air was needed to release the brakes, without air pressure the brakes would go on. Sort of a fail safe in case an air line broke or if a rail car somehow became uncoupled.
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posted on
07/09/2013 8:25:31 AM PDT
by
MRadtke
(Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
To: Izzy Dunne
that is not how it works. Air Brakes use air to open the brakes, without air they are closed. Standard design for a 150 years.
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posted on
07/09/2013 8:34:54 AM PDT
by
ClayinVA
("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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