Metrolink engineer let unauthorized 'rail enthusiasts' control train - Los Angeles Times

Seeded on Wed Mar 4, 2009 11:04 AM EST (The L.A. Times)

Federal hearing on deadly Chatsworth crash reveals engineer had previously been reprimanded for on-duty cellphone use, and that he sent teen a text message saying 'ur gonna run the locomotive.'

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