02-27-2012, 06:54 PM
Charlie just think of all the wages these investigators would loose if they solved it in only a month. They removed the event recorder and let the media photograph it from all directions in their vehicle, and it did not have a scratch on it. But the investigator said it would be difficult and time consuming to recover the data on it because it was so heavily damaged?
No disrespect to the crew or there families but this one does look like it will be blamed on human error. The lack of torn up track, and no apparent major failure of the locomotives trucks i e no broken wheels or axles and the lead truck so far down the track from the engine. This leaves the impression of excess speed. As the engine hit the first switch the trucks lurched right and the engine would have leaned hard to the left, as it began righting its self, momentum and mass moving to the right when it then hit the next switch and the trucks then lurched back to the left. This in turn then set up enough rightward momentum to role the engine off of its trucks. The tight lock coupler on the rear took the first car with it onto there sides. The distance the engine slid on its side also seems like they were doing more than 15 mph. But I hope I am wrong.
My condolences to the families and friends of these men. And all those who were injured.
No disrespect to the crew or there families but this one does look like it will be blamed on human error. The lack of torn up track, and no apparent major failure of the locomotives trucks i e no broken wheels or axles and the lead truck so far down the track from the engine. This leaves the impression of excess speed. As the engine hit the first switch the trucks lurched right and the engine would have leaned hard to the left, as it began righting its self, momentum and mass moving to the right when it then hit the next switch and the trucks then lurched back to the left. This in turn then set up enough rightward momentum to role the engine off of its trucks. The tight lock coupler on the rear took the first car with it onto there sides. The distance the engine slid on its side also seems like they were doing more than 15 mph. But I hope I am wrong.
My condolences to the families and friends of these men. And all those who were injured.
Robert
Modeling the Canadian National prairie region in 1959.
Modeling the Canadian National prairie region in 1959.