Quebec town rocked by explosions, fire after oil train derailment
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Rail cars brakes work on the same or similar system as tractor trailers, air brakes. No air, loss of air the brakes set.
Called dynamiting the brakes.
Lac-Megantic death toll hits 13, exec claims train was tampered with before explosion | Canada | News | National Post
Eight more bodies have been recovered from the aftermath of the Lac-Megantic, Que. train crash, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 13.
The number of those pronounced dead has risen now that investigators have managed to gain better access to the zone closest to the blast. Fifty people are still missing.
The climbing death toll comes as the chairman of the company whose train exploded in the town claimed he is certain it was tampered with.
“We have evidence of this,” said Ed Burkhardt, of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway. “But this is an item that needs further investigation. We need to talk to some people we believe to have knowledge of this.”
Called dynamiting the brakes.
Lac-Megantic death toll hits 13, exec claims train was tampered with before explosion | Canada | News | National Post
Eight more bodies have been recovered from the aftermath of the Lac-Megantic, Que. train crash, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 13.
The number of those pronounced dead has risen now that investigators have managed to gain better access to the zone closest to the blast. Fifty people are still missing.
The climbing death toll comes as the chairman of the company whose train exploded in the town claimed he is certain it was tampered with.
“We have evidence of this,” said Ed Burkhardt, of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway. “But this is an item that needs further investigation. We need to talk to some people we believe to have knowledge of this.”
When trucks lose air pressure the brakes default to the full braking position. The air pressure in a truck braking system holds the brakes off. Springs actually do the braking.
Apparently this is how train brakes work too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_air_brake
Apparently this is how train brakes work too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_air_brake
Bullsh|t. We grow or trade with neighbors for food, plastic is not the only material made into clothing, I don't really need to work fixing machinery, and I don't use that powder people put in coffee. So far, petroleum has only helped humans. It's been nothing but bad for the rest of the object we live on.
Yeah, there were no people before petroleum was dug up and just because people can find a use for something doesn't mean it's good.
Yeah, all that petroleum eating bacteria that takes care of the billions of litres that leak out of the Earth's surface every year is just a myth.So far, petroleum has only helped humans. It's been nothing but bad for the rest of the object we live on.
Yeah, there were no people before petroleum was dug up.
Study: Petroleum-eating microbes significantly reduced gulf oil plume
The rail cars were parked uphill because earlier in the night, there was a small fire in one of the car which was easily contained by firefighters. MMA says that the car rolled downhill because the train’s air brakes released. MMA blames the air brake release on the head firefighter following protocol and shutting off the engine. The fire chief fought back saying that MMA explanation of the accident makes no sense, “I don’t understand how (MMA) can say, ‘You guys shut the engine off. That’s what released the brakes.’ It doesn’t work that way. It should be the opposite. MMA did not reinvent the brake system.”
Fire chief from Lac-Megantic train crash denies suggestion from railway his crew may have played role in disaster | Canada | News | National Post
In short, there are bodies at the foot of Laval Street. Crime scene “evidence” that, at some point before Saturday morning, had names, joy, dreams, disappointments.
Now they are using garden rakes to find them
Fire chief from Lac-Megantic train crash denies suggestion from railway his crew may have played role in disaster | Canada | News | National Post
In short, there are bodies at the foot of Laval Street. Crime scene “evidence” that, at some point before Saturday morning, had names, joy, dreams, disappointments.
Now they are using garden rakes to find them
lower left of 6 is my bank , Musi-cafe is where we gathered now and then after work and , our staff parties. Number 5 that building is where I apply to my UI for the winter and also get my back massaged and below out of frame lower left of 5 is where i get my groceriesThe rail cars were parked uphill because earlier in the night, there was a small fire in one of the car which was easily contained by firefighters. MMA says that the car rolled downhill because the train’s air brakes released. MMA blames the air brake release on the head firefighter following protocol and shutting off the engine. The fire chief fought back saying that MMA explanation of the accident makes no sense, “I don’t understand how (MMA) can say, ‘You guys shut the engine off. That’s what released the brakes.’ It doesn’t work that way. It should be the opposite. MMA did not reinvent the brake system.”
Fire chief from Lac-Megantic train crash denies suggestion from railway his crew may have played role in disaster | Canada | News | National Post
In short, there are bodies at the foot of Laval Street. Crime scene “evidence” that, at some point before Saturday morning, had names, joy, dreams, disappointments.
Now they are using garden rakes to find them
A few questions....
Was the engine that was shut down, the only one that ran the compressor that supplied the air to the brakes.?
If so...why didn't the engineer set the handbrakes on the cars (You know...that big vertical hand wheel on all rail cars?) which is supposed to be set on any locomotive parked on a grade?
If he did, who took them off...
On most air brakes you need air to relieve the brakes, I understand that locomotives are the opposite.
Was the engine that was shut down, the only one that ran the compressor that supplied the air to the brakes.?
If so...why didn't the engineer set the handbrakes on the cars (You know...that big vertical hand wheel on all rail cars?) which is supposed to be set on any locomotive parked on a grade?
If he did, who took them off...
On most air brakes you need air to relieve the brakes, I understand that locomotives are the opposite.
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the engineer responsible for the train? Fire fighters are there to extinguish fires.
The CEO is blaming a lot of people.
I understood the opposite. No air, brakes lock. Same as on a trailer.
I take it that hand brakes are easily accessible and can be tampered with?
How do the air brakes work?
Hand brakes are the wheel on the A end of every rail car. On a train of 72 cars that involves just short of a mile long walk. Air pressure holds the brakes off - pretty much the same as the spring brake in a trailer.
Run 8 Train Brakes for Dummies
Run 8 Train Brakes for Dummies
Probably about 60 people dead in a horrific accident and you want to make a point about "Greenie Weenies"?