Re: Custer Oii Train Derailment Sabotage says Union Official-Interesting....
Author: Fred
Date: 06-09-2021 - 22:25
BOB2 Wrote:
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> No caboose to see the air release.... No one to
> check, or to roll by the train, and catch the
> caboose anymore... Did they walk the train? Did
> they drive the train?
>
> Turn an angle cock, pull a pin, and no one
> notices... It has happened before, with worse
> consequences... Vandals pulling pins and turning
> angle cocks is not a new problem. Knowing enough
> to do it with the train line charged...?
> Definitely worth looking at something like that
> for sabotage. And, given some the nutjobs on the
> fringes out there, anything is possible these
> days....
>
> I'll wait on the NTSB report, and any subsequent
> FBI investigation, though...
>
> Failure to properly inspect the train they had
> relieved-hurry up-let's go.... might just be one
> reason there might be an "investigation" of the
> conductor under way... I've seen that one, too...
> And, this is the Union's spin for their guy, and
> it's what they're supposed to do for your dues
> money... But, until I see the final NTSB report,
> or the FBI issues a statement confirming it, and
> speaking as someone who has seen the union defend
> both the "guilty" as well as the "innocent", as
> they are both entitled to effective
> representation, I'd take that perspective with a
> grain of salt....
What about the telemetry device on the rear car?