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Insight - Quebec train set too few brakes, with deadly result
2013-07-11 07:13:01| Railroads - Topix.net
The handbrake is the railroad industry's ultimate fail-safe mechanism. It is supposed to help avert disasters like the one that engulfed a Canadian town on Saturday, when a runaway train loaded with oil hurtled downhill, derailed and exploded, leaving 50 people dead or missing.
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