MikefromCrete
Engineer
It was, from the op, train 303(10)I'm not sure... But I think the FRA would be interested to hear from an eye witness.
Do we know what train it was? Was there a cafe attendant who could have shut down the cafe and stayed with passengers? Coach attendant?
OK, I see the poster did give details eventually. I would think the main problem was leaving passengers alone in a car. Someone needs to be disciplined for that. The hard couple was also a big mistake. This crew needs to be taken out of service for a while. The dispatcher was aware of what was going on, so that would have prevented a passing train was hitting the car. It sounds like the crew took the damaged car to a siding and dropped it off. But they should have moved the passengers to the part of the train that movable and should not have abandoned the passengers without a crew member present.It was, from the op, train 303(10)I'm not sure... But I think the FRA would be interested to hear from an eye witness.
Do we know what train it was? Was there a cafe attendant who could have shut down the cafe and stayed with passengers? Coach attendant?
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