Runaway train was not secured: probe blames engine, station staff
Hindustan TimesThe engineers of a freight train that rolled down from Kathua station on Sunday morning and travelled roughly 75km with no one in control did not adhere to protocol to deploy adequate number of brakes and track wedges when they parked the locomotive, a preliminary inquiry into the incident has found, according to details accessed by HT. HT Image Six people have been suspended and the initial inquiry blames four people -- both engineers who were on duty, and the pointsman and the station master of Kathua station -- for Sunday morning’s incident when the 53-wagon freight train barrelled on for close to two hours, at times reaching 75km/hr. The report has said that the train rolled “down from line number 3 towards Pathankot Cantt no proper stabling done by loco pilot Sandeep Kumar, assistant loco pilot Pradeep Kumar and pointsman Sh. On the basis of a preliminary probe, six railway employees, including Kathua station master, loco pilot, assistant loco pilot, Kathua’s pointsman, local inspector and traffic inspector concerned have been suspended with immediate effect,” the DRM said.
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