During the fire the engineer (who was now in town at his hotel) grabbed a rail car moving vehicle and removed the intact tanks cars from the rear of the train and pulled them away from the blaze. A day or so later the RR came and hauled the 9 to 13 intact tank cars back up to Nantes.
I had not seen this part. If you come back across the link, I would like to read it. Not doubting, just trying to learn more.
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From: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/10/world/americas/canada-runaway-train/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
"Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railways chair Ed Burkhardt said the engineer found a Trackmobile, a vehicle that can pull several cars at a time, and went to the rear of the train.
He hooked up several cars, all the lightweight vehicle for hauling rail cars can pull, and moved them away from the wreckage, Burkhardt said.
He returned once more, pulling a total of nine from the disaster site, where explosions over the course of several hours killed a confirmed 13 people, with almost 50 still missing."
I on-line "chatted" with some Star "reporter" who was apparently in town. I asked him questions about the location of the locomotives and he only gave evasive answers because apparently he was not really there to look around, he was there to interview victims and regurgitate the voicings of the authorities.