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To: gg cox who wrote (16963)	10/29/2014 9:35:45 AM
From: gg cox	1 Recommendation Recommended By Cogito Ergo Sum Respond to of 37892

Too funny...so it was a lack of sufficient hand brakes on the oil train that plastered Lac Megantic ,,after all. The rules were in place at the time,,that,, if followed and enforced by MMA and government regulators ,,this bloody disaster would not have happened. Blaming this disaster on dot 111 cars is the same as blaming the cause on any other rail car.. Cars will roll ,, unless controlled by sufficient hand brakes,,controlled air brakes or properly positioned derail . cbc.ca

To: gg cox who wrote (16963)	3/18/2015 12:28:01 PM
From: gg cox	Respond to of 37892

Tank cars involved in two derailments at Gogama were not Dot 111 cars that were at Lac Megantic. cbc.ca They were the newer models that were involved, many only 3 years old, with the over under protection on the draw bars. The results were the same as Lac Megantic and will always be the same when any tank cars leave the rails at 50 miles per hour. These TSB officials need to concentrate on the real problem at hand namely not allowing trains to run away unattended,, and upgrade and maintain and inspect the track so that cars stay on the rails. Rather simple concept,, If TSB officials for rail were involved in plane crashes they would say that plane fuselages need strengthening. LOL Message 29594818 ""If brand new state of the art tanker train,, loaded with the same commodity,, were allowed to roll freely down that same hill into Lac Megantic the result would,, no doubt,, be the same ,, pile up with explosion resulting in death.Simple as that. ""Over 100 tons per car,, derailing at 60 MPH,, and snapping fancy new draw bars like dried spaghetti would have the same result,, piercing and crushing of the cars and explosion. Two solutions, install derails linked to Rail traffic control to confirm they are set in derailing position when trains are left at selected "runaway" locations,,And set new "criminal charge"and dismissal,, against rail employees who do not secure the train as per rules,, if caught. This ridiculous government response regarding weakness of dot 111 cars would be the same as double hulling the Titanic and expecting a different result piling into an iceberg."" Right, just as predicted.