(Source: Montreal Gazette, June 16, 2014)
MONTREAL — Montreal, Maine & Atlantic’s own employees feared a catastrophe, given the state of the now-bankrupt railway’s tracks and equipment, and the kind of products the company was transporting, according to court documents made public Friday. Several MMA employees interviewed by the Sûreté du Québec after the Lac-Mégantic train derailment described rundown equipment, damaged tracks and minimal maintenance. They also said they considered the company’s one-person crew policy, which had been approved by Transport Canada, to be dangerous.
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