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| Chicago Derailments Ruled Accidental |
| 2007-10-06 |
| Twin derailments of commuter trains this week were accidents and unrelated to suspected sabotage along the same line last week, authorities said Wednesday. Nothing to see here, please move to the next posting. Metra determined that heavy vehicular and train traffic caused a "We can say with absolute certainty there was no foul play involved, no tampering to any extent," Metra spokesman Judy Pardonnet said. "It was a strange situation where two trains derailed on two separate tracks at the same location." Absolute certainty. I hear about that all the time from our transit agency. No tampering. Nothing to see. Strange situation. Poltergeist. Doppelgangers. That's it Doppelderraileurs. The FBI is still offering a $50,000 reward for information about who pulled about 30 railroad spikes on a different stretch of the same line, discovered last week by Metra workers. "The removal of spikes, in our opinion, was an intentional act," FBI spokesman Ross Rice said. Last month, federal regulators announced that a seriously flawed inspection and maintenance program likely played a major role in the CTA derailment. The CTA has said it had already implemented many of the federal report's recommendations. This wouldn't be happening if they had Dick Daley in charge. They do? Good argument for term limits. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |