More from Railway Age, with a prelimiary report from the Canadian Transportation Safety Board, and corrections to the map in the previous link showing the location and diagram of the derailment site.
A couple of eyebrow-raising quotes :
--The train had been stopped with the air brakes applied in emergency at Partridge, the last station prior to the entrance to the Upper Spiral Tunnel. (the train had been stopped this way for two hours--on the grade)
--A change-off between crews had occurred at this location as the previous crew were closing in on their maximum hours of service.
--There were no hand brakes applied on the train. The train then accelerated to a speed well in excess of maximum track speed of 20 mph for the tight curves and steep mountain grade. and the(n) derailed.
There is more in the link--I didn't quote the entire article.
---PCJ
