(Source: CBC News, October 23, 2017)
MONTREAL — A former locomotive engineer for the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) who regularly ran trains between Farnham and Lac-Mégantic, Que., said he was not allowed to refuse to operate a train, even when he knew it was over the maximum allowed weight. Referring to a regulation manual and documents which listed the contents and weight of the 73-car train that derailed on July 6, 2013, the engineer confirmed the maximum weight allowed for an MMA train during the period from April 1, 2013 to Nov. 30 was 6300 tons — not counting locomotives. The train involved in the tragedy weighed 9100 tons.
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