Montreal, Maine & Atlantic RR sued over Megantic disaster | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

mark sOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/19-0 The body of the article notes that Ed Burkhart opposed two man crews, despite employee pleas. This is one of the largest liabilty suits in Quebec history.

7/19/1312:42 PM

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mlavender480OGR Forum Member

Can't say I didn't see this coming...

superwarp1OGR Forum Member

First of hundreds to say the least.

chuckOGR Forum Member

Canadian Transportation Safety Board has issued two urgent Safety Advisory letters to Transport Canada regarding the accident at Lac-Megantic. They revolve around procedural issues that are in compliance with the current rule/regulations but could still contribute to disasters like the at Lac-Megantic. aka you could be in compliance with the rules and still wind up with a colossal mess.

http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/media...13d0054-20130719.asp

There is additional information in terms of details that I have not seen published previously but it still leaves a lot of unanswered questions like how the train broke apart (coupler failure?). Leaving a heavy train "parked" on a grade unattended and not secured seems to be pretty stupid.

7/22/1310:00 AM

David JohnstonOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Here is an interesting editorial.

http://www.railwayage.com/inde...ople.html?channel=61

prrhorseshoecurveOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

SO is this the end of the MMA?

Hot WaterOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by prrhorseshoecurve:

SO is this the end of the MMA?

Under THAT corporate name, I'll bet so.

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