See, this is what I suspected the instant I read about the lading particulars. This kind of nonsense violates public and investor trust by NOT following: collective-bargaining labor agreements that should have provided fully trained personell, crew consist standards, TRAINING, public safety, GCOR/MWOR rules compliance, company policy for averting at-risk behavior and other notions, but completely disregards COMMON SENSE gained through MENTORING and professional/personal EXPERIENCE.

Anything to keep the 'crew starts' to a minimum, I guess. They are REALLY lucky no one was hurt, killed, and a major incident- like the contractor controlled equipment sailing away into a Key Train or Amtrak- did not occour.

Finally, I submit that only a FOOL would couple up to the combined tonnage of the equipment involved, and begin moving it around with anything less than the control of a Automatic Brake Valve, much less a donkey engine, given the TERRAIN and LACK OF ADEQUATELY TRAINED manpower involved.

Pionts to ponder: if it became 'unhitched', then they CONTRACTOR must not have verified that the pin fell. Did they stretch it after making the joint?

Why wasn't this equpiment physically restricted to Other Than Main Track by portable derails, locked out switches, or other protective devices?

Why was the CONTRACTOR handling this equipment without the airbrakes cut-in? Sure, there may be a rule that says that's not actually required, yet there is a rule in Chapter 1 that clearly indicates the taking of the SAFEST COURSE.