RE:Major oil by rail accidentTrain was parked 6kms up hill from derailment site in town. Engineerless train somehow ran away downhill to derailment site .
The president and CEO of Rail World Inc., the parent company of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, said the train was parked uphill of Lac-Mégantic before the incident. The engineer had finished his run and the company believes the brakes had been properly applied. The engineer left the train at 11: 25 p.m. and went to a hotel for the night. The derailment happened less than two hours later.