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[quote user="daveklepper"] I definitely stand corrected.   It has not been proved that the engineer did not set suffient handbrakes, only that there were too few when the train ran away.  What I should have posted was "If the engineer did not set a sufficient number of handbrakes....." Even then, the prime responsibility may not be his.   Some, yes, but not the prime responsibility, given that another train was found on a main line with grade without sufficient number of handbrakes according to the applicable rule, although it had not (yet?) run away.   Again, note "may." I apologize for needing the correction and thank those who pointed out the need. I think I was actually the first on the forum to point out that there had been two major attempted terrorist attacks on the Canadian railroads that had been foiled by Canadian security people.   For all we know, there may still be an investigation going on in that direction, and of course it would not be made public since secrecy will help the investigation's success.[/quote] I agree with all of your points.  As I mentioned, I believe that there are five possible causes for the wreck.  One of them is some unknown person(s) releasing the handbrakes after the train was left at Nantes.  I know the authorities have ruled out "terrorism," and maybe they intend that to mean any tampering for any motive.  But if you don't know the cause, how can you rule out a plausible cause?  I would not conclude that the crew that tied up that second oil train failed to set sufficient handbrakes.  There is no evidence of that unless that train was under 24-hour 100% surveillance.  The motive to tamper with that train would be as strong or stronger than the motive to tamper with the first train.
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