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Village evacuated after Quebec train derailment

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<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">[quote user="Falcon48"]</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Let me give you an example of what I mean (which I stress is pure speculation on my part).  The reporter (who possibly knows that trains have air brakes, or is told they do by Mr. B) asks Mr. B why the brakes didn't prevent the train from rolling away.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-size:medium;">Mr. B explains why the air brakes shouldn't be used for this</span>, and that's the context in which he makes the statement that the train will roll away once the air brakes have bled off.  He then goes on to explain hand brakes.  </span></p> <div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">[/quote]</span></div> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Falcon48,</span></div> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">I understand the point you are making about a misunderstanding of Mr. B to be asserting that the air brakes bled off and released, while nobody yet knows if that actually happened.  </span></div> <div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"></span> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">But, the critical part of Mr. B's statement is what I have highlighted in blue, and enlarged.  </span></div> <div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"></span> </div> <div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">That is based on a direct quote by Mr. B, and it represents an erroneous understanding about the purpose of hand brakes by Mr. B.  So I don't see where any fog of war effect could have influenced that most critical comment on behalf of Mr. B.</span></div>
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