I'm not sure if this has been recently covered, but the local newspaper provides some more details from recent NTSB reports:
http://www.semissourian.com/story/2159674.html
Surprisingly there is no recent press release on this incident, but the site search links to the executive summary from Dec 2014:
http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/RAR1402.aspx
Per the above page "The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the Union Pacific Railroad train crewmembers to comply with wayside signals leading into the Rockview Interlocking as a result of their disengagement from their task likely because of fatigue-induced performance degradation."
The expected plug for PTC also follows.
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MikeF90[snipped - PDN] ". . . as a result of their disengagement from their task likely because of fatigue-induced performance degradation." . . .
- Paul North.
Paul_D_North_Jr MikeF90 [snipped - PDN] ". . . as a result of their disengagement from their task likely because of fatigue-induced performance degradation." . . . - Paul North.
MikeF90 [snipped - PDN] ". . . as a result of their disengagement from their task likely because of fatigue-induced performance degradation." . . .
cacole Paul_D_North_Jr MikeF90 [snipped - PDN] ". . . as a result of their disengagement from their task likely because of fatigue-induced performance degradation." . . . - Paul North. That seems to be Government-speak for "They were asleep!"
It is governement-speak for "It was the railroad's fault."
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