Although certainly not specific to 'our' roads, the recorded radio transmissions between a dispatcher and the engineer on a brakeless (no air) Canadian National ore train (referred to by Ed King in a recent TRAINS mag article) can be accessed at the 'Railspot' web site by those with realplayer audio capability. Quite a gripping account of a harrowing incident that points out the hazzards that can be found in the industry.

-- Greg Hodges (105452.2520@compuserve.com), December 09, 1999

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The Runaway can also be accessed at the Cyberspace World Railroad website. It also includes pictures, newspaper articles and reports on the accident. "http://www.mcs.net/~dsdawdy/cyberoad.html" If you scroll down the page, you should see the link titled, "Runaway".

-- Lee Bright (Trains14@hotmail.com), December 12, 1999.