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[quote user="n012944"]Now maybe I am missing it, but no where in the report does it say who discovered the washout. "The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the washout of the track structure that was discovered about 1 hour before the train's arrival, and the Canadian National Railway Company's (CN) failure to notify the train crew of the known washout in time to stop the train because of the inadequacy of the CN's emergency communication procedures" Edit.... After doing a little more research, it was not the CN who discovered the washout. <a href="http://www.rrstar.com/news/trainderailment/x1161121396/In-Sundays-paper-Efforts-to-warn-train-failed">http://www.rrstar.com/news/trainderailment/x1161121396/In-Sundays-paper-Efforts-to-warn-train-failed</a> [/quote] You are correct about that.  Thanks for finding that link to the reporting details.  I thought I had read somewhere that CN had discovered the washout an hour before the derailment, but after my last post, it went back to double check the NTSB report, and as you point out, the report does not say that.  So I am reviewing what was said where.  <o:p></o:p> I see that the news article linked to the first post here says, “CN knew for an hour about the washout along the tracks near Rockford, but failed to notify a freight train in time to prevent a deadly derailment in 2009, the NTSB determined today.”  <o:p></o:p> However, this statement is apparently untrue in view of article you linked.  According to that article, the CN was informed about the washout 20 minutes before the derailment.
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