Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Russian Railways is reported to have faked a Ukrainian attack to cover up its own culpability for a fatal derailment in the Leningrad region in September 2025, caused when a locomotive was ordered to be driven at over twice the permitted line speed. ⬇️

2/ The crash of a TEP70BS diesel-electric locomotive occurred on 14 September near Semrino station in the Gatchina district of the Leningrad region. The driver was freed after being trapped in the cab, but died in an ambulance.

3/ The crash occurred on the same day as the separate derailment of a locomotive pulling 15 empty tank cars in the Luzhsky district of the Leningrad region. Both crashes were widely suspected to be the work of Ukrainian or anti-Putin partisan sabotage.

4/ However, the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that Russian Railways' internal investigation has found that the locomotive was being driven at 163 km/h (101 mph) at the moment of the derailment – more than twice the permitted speed of 80 km/h (50 mph).

5/ The driver is said to have been ordered by his superiors to override safety features and greatly exceed the speed limit. After the crash, they falsely claimed to the media that sabotage was suspected, apparently to conceal their own culpability. The channel reports:

6/ "[T]he cause of the derailment was a gross violation of the Technical Operation Rules (PTE). These rules, as railway workers say, are written in blood—and the tragedy in Semrino has once again proven that disregarding them leads to death.

7/ "According to the speedometer readings, the locomotive that derailed, while permitted 80 km/h, was traveling at 163 km/h. It's no surprise that the locomotive veered off the track and overturned.

8/ "The engineer certainly violated regulations, but he didn't act on his own initiative—the order to "expedite delivery" came from above.

According to the documents, the engineer is an experienced driver-instructor for locomotive crews at the St. Petersburg Warsaw Depot.

9/ "The TSKBM safety system was not engaged, and the KLUB-U block was set to track "0"—this "trick" allows for speeds of up to 200 km/h.

10/ "At 7:36 [a.m.], the TEP70BS diesel locomotive ("diesel locomotive with electric transmission, passenger, type 70, Boris Salambekov") departed St. Petersburg-Tovarny-Vitebsky station.

11/ "At 8:07, it passed Kobralovo station at 136 km/h, and on the Kobralovo-Semrino stretch, the speed reached 163 km/h. At 8:08 a.m., at a switch at Semrino station, traveling at 153 km/h, the train derailed and fell onto its side. The permitted speed on this section is 80 km/h.

12/ "All this suggests a deliberate attempt to get the diesel locomotive out [to its destination] as quickly as possible.

13/ "The engineer's qualifications suggest that the train was being driven by someone well-versed in bypassing safety interlocks to operate the locomotive without the automatic speed limiter.

13/ "The engineer's qualifications suggest that the train was being driven by someone well-versed in bypassing safety interlocks to operate the locomotive without the automatic speed limiter.

14/ "The cause of the monstrous speed increase was the dispatch of faulty electric train No. 839 (on the St. Petersburg-Pechory-Pskovskie route), which required a backup locomotive.

15/ "It was to rescue it that the TEP70BS was deployed—at the cost of the engineer's life and extensive damage.

16/ "According to sources of VChK-OGPU, the main goal of Artem Rudyuk, head of the Oktyabrskaya Traction Directorate, has long been profit and profit, not the safety of people.

17/ "After the disaster, his first order was to ‘hush it up’ and blame it on anyone else. Meanwhile, a popular version about sabotage on the tracks was released to the press.

18/ "Rudyuk, sources say, considers himself untouchable thanks to the patronage of Russian Railways Deputy CEO Dmitry Pegov." /end

Source:
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