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The article linked to the first post, in my opinion, is 100% propaganda.  However I do not believe the media source realizes this.  I conclude that the propaganda is pro-labor, anti-management, anti-deregulation; and the media source is simply being duped into conveying the message.  Upon seeing this backdrop of conflict, I would not at all be surprised if the same entity that is advancing the propaganda secretly released handbrakes on the MM&A train before it ran away.  NOTE:  I am not accusing or blaming anyone for such an act.  I simply see a strong enough motive for it. That same motive exists for the possible tampering with the second train in order to make the case that disobeying the train securement rule was part of MM&A business culture.  There is a second article linked to the article which is linked to the first post.  Together, they form the core of the story.  The search warrant is lined to the second article.  I downloaded it, but it is written in French, so I cannot read it.  As I suspected, it appears that the article is receiving its information on how many handbrakes were required, not from the actual special instructions of MM&A, but rather from their so-called “experts.”  It could not be more obvious that those “experts” have a large axe to grind.   Article linked to first post: <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/811131/another-mma-train-accident-waiting-to-happen/">http://globalnews.ca/news/811131/another-mma-train-accident-waiting-to-happen/</a> Quotes from article: Experts we spoke to say 20 handbrakes should have been applied on those trains, but given that it would take 3 to 5 minutes per brake it would be unrealistic to have only one person do that job. “20 handbrakes is too much to ask one person to do,” said Dan Christie, a retired CN Engineer. “Especially at the end of a shift. Five handbrakes can’t hold a locomotive weighing 225 tonnes.”   Article linked to above article: <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/809729/warrant-reveals-concerns-about-second-train-near-lac-megantic/">http://globalnews.ca/news/809729/warrant-reveals-concerns-about-second-train-near-lac-megantic/</a> Quotes from article: Investigators have been tight-lipped since the Lac-Megantic derailment, but the warrant confirms they believe the MMA engineer in charge of that train didn’t apply enough hand brakes before leaving the train unmanned overnight. It’s a finding former railway engineer Dan Christie called “disappointing,” but “not surprising” since the engineer of the Lac-Megantic train likely would have had to apply 20 brakes, which would take three to five minutes per car. “That’s just too much to ask of that one person arriving at the end of their tour of duty and just looking for a bed to lay his head in,” said the 30-year rail veteran, who has worked at CN Rail, Ontario’s Metrolinx and VIA Rail.
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