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[quote user="tree68"]Unless the crew was provided with information indicating a need to reduce speed, I don't think they needed to do so, either. [/quote] I don't blame the crew. BNSF should have known what to expect with all available warning. [quote user="tree68"]I mention the spike only because it is an anomoly to the usual slow rise and fall of floodwaters and, yes, may have caught the railroad by surprise.[/quote] Here I disagree. Yes there was a fast rise. On the other hand there was ample time to react. Upriver gage 16 hours before accident, Rock Valley about 3.5 hours before. And this was a crude oil unit train not some manifest. Reading your post further you seem to agree with me on this. [quote user="tree68"]Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Unfortunately, the world operates in real time.[/quote] Hindsight allows to find out what could/should have been known by the railroad. Even then mistakes are possible. [quote user="tree68"]Barring the possibility that they ignored such warnings, they were acting on the information they were given when they went on duty and while enroute. If that information did not indicate those extraordinarily high water levels, they were justified in maintaining track speed.[/quote] As I said before I don't blame the crew. Without warning from the office they had no chance to judge the water level and possible dangers in the dark. Looking at the pile-up I don't believe that they had slowed to restricted speed and they had crossed the river already. It will be interesting to see what really happened. Regards, Volker
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