Last night Metrolink made this announcement on www.metrolinktrains.com

9/14/08
STATEMENT FROM RON ROBERTS, CHAIRMAN, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL RAIL AUTHORITY (METROLINK) REGARDING THE COLLISION BETWEEN A METROLINK COMMUTER TRAIN AND A UNION PACIFIC FREIGHT TRAIN ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 IN CHATSWORTH, CA.

Metrolink staff has recently made comments regarding the possible cause of the September 12, 2008 tragedy in Chatsworth. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has characterized these comments as premature and has ordered Metrolink to withhold further comments at this time, pending investigation, and we agree.

Apparently the NTSB felt like I did! It isn't right of them to blame the full wait of the accident on the engineer without the investigation being complete.