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Article: Buffalo engineer at helm in huge '06 train derailment: FOCUS: DERAILMENT DISASTER.
- Article from:
- The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)
- Article date:
- June 30, 2007
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Byline: Michael Beebe
Jun. 30--GARDEAU, Pa. -- A year ago today, a Norfolk Southern engineer from Buffalo slowly took a freight train up Keating Summit, and then raced down into an environmental disaster, a derailment that caused millions of dollars in damages, killed thousands of fish, and endangered one of Pennsylvania's finest trout streams.
On a descent so steep the track speed limit is only 15 mph, engineer Michael Seifert's train never slowed as it cleared the summit, hitting a top speed of 77 mph on its wild, roller coaster trip to the bottom.
Seifert, 46, a Norfolk Southern engineer for eight years, failed a drug test after the ...
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