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[quote user="samfp1943"] Next ,you [Schuylkill and Susquehanna] make a sort of broad based attack on Mr. Ed Burkhardt..  Again, you make no explanation of your areas of expertise (other thanyour statement of your Model Railroading interests. For the record, I'm retired, after a career of thirty plus years in Trucking, and Trucking Safety.   One of my pet peaves is annoymous ad hominem attacks on individuals who currently are not able to use this venue to defend themselves.  [/quote] Mr. Burkhardt has the bully pulpit and should be perfectly capable of defending himself against any criticism from people whether they are anonymous or not.  Mr. Burkhardt is using his bully pulpit to blame the fire department for the deaths.  He says the fire department is responsible because they shut down the engine, causing the train brakes to release.  He dismisses his own failure to hold the train with hand brakes as required.  He says the fire department should have notified his railroad and they did not.  Yet the fire department did indeed notify his railroad.  In one article, Mr. Burkhardt says that there is no indication of criminal behavior, and yet in another article, he now says that he has evidence that the train was tampered with.  But he does not explain what he means with that pregnant comment.  It clearly implies criminal activity, but he may be just trying to paint the firefighters as criminals.      A lot of people seem to hold the view that Mr. Burkhardt or his railroad should not be criticized because the media is always wrong about railroads.  If you believe that, why even listen to the news?
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