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Harrowing video shows Lac-Mégantic’s exploding train disaster as it happened
National Post ^
| 7/9/2013
| Paola Loriggio and Melanie Marquis, National Post Staff
Posted on 07/10/2013 6:53:41 AM PDT by NonValueAdded
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[excerpted by rule] look at the last few railcars with FRED blinking away, waiting to feed the fire.
To: NonValueAdded
The train’s engineer (staying in town after parking his train at the top of a hill ~6 mi away) rounded up a railcar moving vehicle and pulled 9 to 13 cars off of the back of the train before they could become involved.
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:01:52 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: NonValueAdded
The timeline on this is still unclear, but it appears that within as little as 20 minutes up to two short hours from the time the locomotive was turned off, this train turned into a runaway bomb. Another factoid is that the grade into town as 1.2% which compares to the 1.4% found in the Rocky Mountains. Talk about locked and loaded!
Some have posted that the Keystone Pipeline would not have prevented this disaster. While that MAY be true, the focus needs to be on preventing the NEXT disaster. This was a relatively small train, no? Consider the scale of disaster that can happen on the main flow line down through the heartland to the Gulf Coast.
Also consider the explosion [npi] in tanker car traffic that places every bit of rolling stock in service. A factor in the Lac-Mégantic was the older DOT-111 cars that have a history of puncturing during accidents (see Blame game over Lac-Megantic blast as train company and fire crews point finger at each other). Would the pipeline relieve some of that pressure? You betcha.
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:05:23 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
To: Paladin2
It is good that he did that but I don’t think it will buy him redemption. For his sake I hope he did everything by the book. I would not want to have this disaster on my conscience. Prayers for all involved.
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:11:51 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
To: NonValueAdded
There was a fire in the lead locomotive after he parked the train.
![](http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb370/WhiskeyMikeOnline/GhostTrain_zps33a8a09e.jpg)
The local FD shut off the locomotive and put the fire out. One or two railroad employees (ID's unpublished to date) were apparently at the parked train after/during the fire.
At some point (~1 hr) after that fire was put out and all left, the train started to roll down the grade.
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:19:13 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: NonValueAdded
" This was a relatively small train, no? "
72 to 73 tank cars is not that small. It's likely a mile long.
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:22:22 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:30:31 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: NonValueAdded
oh ya!
Haven’t you seen this video on all of the nightly news programs of ABC, CBS, etc
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:31:41 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:36:44 AM PDT
by
alarm rider
(Basically, we are toast.)
To: Paladin2
This is a very strange event. One where there seems to be more than being told.
First I ever heard this.
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:42:32 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Sequoyah101
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:43:13 AM PDT
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: Paladin2
Small in terms of what Buffett sends down his line - relatively small, that is.
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:45:11 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
To: G Larry
Havent you seen this video on all of the nightly news programs of ABC, CBS, etcNo, and I don't like Cod Liver Oil either. :)
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:48:58 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
To: Sequoyah101
"One where there seems to be more than being told."
The media nearly go through the motions of regurgitating press releases without doing any investigation on their own. Plus they have no curiosity and can't put together a logical story line to save their lame butts.
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07/10/2013 7:52:47 AM PDT
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Paladin2
To: BenLurkin
Whoa, unfortunate choice of how they closed out that video.
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:52:59 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
To: NonValueAdded
Yet no problem with showing that plane crash out in CA.
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posted on
07/10/2013 7:53:48 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
07/10/2013 8:01:25 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: NonValueAdded
Wasn’t it the firefighters who unintentionally caused this by turning off the engine which was keeping the air pressure to the braking system?
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posted on
07/10/2013 8:34:14 AM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(When America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: NonValueAdded
The difference is that Cod Liver Oil is real....
MSM showing news video, that would contradict their politics, is a fantasy...
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posted on
07/10/2013 8:49:26 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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