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Re: BNSF Kismet wreck 13 years later
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 10-09-2019 - 18:29

tundraboomer Wrote:
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> HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> > The engineer was sleeping and the conductor
> tested
> > positive for cocaine, right?
>
> That video is even worse than the first one.
>
> The status of the engineer at the time of the
> incident will never be known. He maintains to this
> day that the signal at West Kismet went from
> Approach to Clear as they were just about to knock
> it down. When you are holding the main, that is
> not unusual. Then when they got to the east end,
> the low sun obscured the east signal until it was
> too late. The fact that he is still working today
> is a demonstration that there may have been enough
> doubt in the theory that he simply fell asleep to
> prevent his termination. The engineer tested clean
> for drugs and alcohol.
>
> The conductor of that train tested positive for
> the inactive metabolite, benzoylecgonine, which is
> not normally associated with impairment. It is a
> marker for previous cocaine use but there is no
> way a urine test can determine if there was actual
> impairment, meaning whether cocaine use
> contributed to the accident was inconclusive.
> Unacceptable? Sure. But contributing? Not likely.

Thanks for a very informative reply.

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  BNSF Kismet wreck 13 years later HUTCH 7.62 10-07-2019 - 10:02
  Re: BNSF Kismet wreck 13 years later tundraboomer 10-07-2019 - 12:53
  Re: BNSF Kismet wreck 13 years later Big Boy 10-07-2019 - 13:14
  Re: BNSF Kismet wreck 13 years later WebDigger 10-07-2019 - 22:38
  Re: BNSF Kismet wreck 13 years later HUTCH 7.62 10-08-2019 - 10:39
  Re: BNSF Kismet wreck 13 years later tundraboomer 10-08-2019 - 13:44
  Re: BNSF Kismet wreck 13 years later HUTCH 7.62 10-09-2019 - 18:29


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