Lac-Mégantic train disaster: engineer's emergency calls released

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Lac-Mégantic train disaster: engineer's emergency calls released

CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/lac-m%C3%A9gantic-train-engineer-s-emergency-calls-released-1.2743201

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CBC Radio-Canada has obtained audio recordings of communications that took place on the night of the Lac-Mégantic train disaster, which killed 47 people and destroyed the downtown core of the small Quebec town last year.

The recordings are of conversations between the train engineer, Tom Harding, and a dispatcher at the offices of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the operators of the train, which was carrying 72 tanker cars full of crude oil when it derailed and exploded.

The recordings were obtained through Harding's lawyer, Tom Walsh. They contain all seven calls that Harding made between 11:04 p.m. ET on July 5 and 3:53 a.m. ET on July 6 in the order in which they appear in the transcript below.

The transcript is an edited version of one provided to CBC by The Globe and Mail:


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(just chilling - may regulations be imposed that have teeth)

[jambo101]

1. Who knew

That huge trains carrying flammable liquid are traversing the country with one man crews,and when the engineers shift is over he just parks the train and walks away.
This whole incident was in the making a long time ago as many corners were cut to save money..