Amtrak Train Possibly Hit Before Wreck

[Jeff]

Yet another possibility I guess, but I also guess when you are going double the speed limit in a area than is safely posted then anything that might shift the weight off of you is a good thing. The article says a second train reported being hit by a rock or a shot, why is this just coming out now ? Could it be people are starting to realize just how much the accident is going to cost them, or did this so called shot really happen, it will be interesting to see the outcome.


PHILADELPHIA — The Amtrak (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/amtrak/index.html?inline=nyt-org) train that derailed Tuesday (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/us/amtrak-train-derails-in-philadelphia-injuring-more-than-50.html), killing eight people and injuring more than 200, may have been struck by an object before it careened off the tracks, an assistant conductor on the train told investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (http://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/default.aspx).
At a news conference on Friday, Robert L. Sumwalt, the safety board official who is leading the investigation, said an assistant conductor had reported that she believed she heard a radio transmission in which an engineer on a regional line said his train had been struck by a projectile and the engineer on the Amtrak train replied that his had been struck, too.


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/us/amtrak-train-may-have-been-struck-before-it-derailed-officials-say.html?_r=1

[LongTermGuy]

Yet another possibility I guess, but I also guess when you are going double the speed limit in a area than is safely posted then anything that might shift the weight off of you is a good thing. The article says a second train reported being hit by a rock or a shot, why is this just coming out now ? Could it be people are starting to realize just how much the accident is going to cost them, or did this so called shot really happen, it will be interesting to see the outcome.



http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/us/amtrak-train-may-have-been-struck-before-it-derailed-officials-say.html?_r=1


`That is interesting...just starting to hear about this....as it comes out of the wood-work...

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Yet another possibility I guess, but I also guess when you are going double the speed limit in a area than is safely posted then anything that might shift the weight off of you is a good thing. The article says a second train reported being hit by a rock or a shot, why is this just coming out now ? Could it be people are starting to realize just how much the accident is going to cost them, or did this so called shot really happen, it will be interesting to see the outcome.



http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/us/amtrak-train-may-have-been-struck-before-it-derailed-officials-say.html?_r=1

Could it actually be an ISIS attack that the obama admin is covering up with a fake story about excessive speed, etc.??//
I put absolutely nothing past the dictator obama and his corrupt crew.. --Tyr

[Jeff]

Could it actually be an ISIS attack that the obama admin is covering up with a fake story about excessive speed, etc.??//
I put absolutely nothing past the dictator obama and his corrupt crew.. --Tyr

That was my first thought, man what a shame when you have to wonder , not wondering if there is a lie, just where the lie is coming from.

[sundaydriver]

Could it actually be an ISIS attack that the obama admin is covering up with a fake story about excessive speed, etc.??//
I put absolutely nothing past the dictator obama and his corrupt crew.. --Tyr
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[NightTrain]

No, the Black Box stopped recording at 102 or something like that before it left the tracks. Plus, they have video from the cam on the front. The emergency braking shed a whopping 4 MPH before physics took over.

The engineer screwed up bigtime. He didn't let off the hammer until it was far too late.

I guess Amtrak could be angling to an excuse that the engineer was distracted by investigating a possible projectile hit, but there are other people to delegate that to - not the guy controlling the throttle.