Federal report pinpoints cause of fatal 2012 Glenview derailment as heat

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/glenview/ct-met-glenview-derailment-report-20130723,0,863250.story

So employee “A” was engaged in inspecting tracks to make sure they were safe, and employee “B” called him and told him he saw an unsafe track condition.

But employee B was unqualified to take any action to warn trains, and employee A took no action to warn trains because he had not yet seen the defect reported by employee B.