Canadian freight train derails, explodes

[CHamilton]

Quebec town ravaged by train fire wants railroad to get out

 

[CCC1007]

Again?

Where do they propose relocating it to?

 

[fairviewroad]

Again?

Where do they propose relocating it to?

If you read the article, it explains that the proposal is for seven miles of new track on a bypass around the town. Assuming there are no technical or geographic reasons why this couldn't be done, it is simply a matter of money. Obviously it's not feasible to move tracks away from every town and burg in North America, but I think a lot of people would be sympathetic to the residents of a small town where so many lives were lost.

 

[CHamilton]

Campbell: The lessons of Lac-Mégantic have not been learned

http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/campbell-the-lessons-of-lac-megantic-have-not-been-learned

 

[CHamilton]

MMA train that derailed and exploded at Lac-Mégantic nearly 3,000 tonnes too heavy, trial hears
Former locomotive engineer François Daigle told jury he wasn't allowed to refuse to move overweight train

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mma-trial-train-overweight-1.4367611

 

[Just-Thinking-51]

Thanks for the update. Not sure what the weight has to do with the run-a-way train, other than you need to set more hand brakes. Which is one of the issues.

 

[CHamilton]

Arbitrator orders railway company to reinstate train engineer involved in Lac-Megantic tragedy

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/arbitrator-orders-railway-company-to-reinstate-train-engineer-involved-in-lac-megantic-tragedy-1.4262810#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=Facebook&_gsc=e532hvh

 

[John Bredin]

When I saw this thread revived, I thought it was going to be about the Bird Box controversy: that the show used video of the Lac-Megantic disaster as news video of a fictional disaster. Linky Another link.

 

[fairviewroad]

When I saw this thread revived, I thought it was going to be about the Bird Box controversy: that the show used video of the Lac-Megantic disaster as news video of a fictional disaster. Linky Another link.

Wow. I mean, I can sort of understand how the footage was included in the first place. An oversight, error, whatever. But the fact that Netflix is refusing to remove it is ludicrous. Accidentally profiting off of someone else's tragedy is one thing. Continuing to do so knowingly is abhorrent. Glad I'm not a Netflix customer.