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NTSB: Train going too fast at curve before wreck
Seattle PI ^
| December 2, 2013
| JIM FITZGERALD & FRANK ELTMAN - AP
Posted on 12/02/2013 2:36:45 PM PST by jazusamo
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) A commuter train that derailed over the weekend, killing four passengers, was hurtling at 82 mph as it entered a 30 mph curve, a federal investigator said Monday. But whether the wreck was the result of human error or brake trouble was still unclear, he said.
Asked why the train was going so fast, National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said: "That's the question we need to answer."
Weener said the information on the locomotive's speed was preliminary and extracted from the Metro-North train's two data recorders, taken from the wreckage after the Sunday morning accident in the Bronx.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ntsb; rail; speed; trainwreck; yonkers
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To: Mr Apple
Never get between a camera and Chuckie, he’s dangerous.
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posted on
12/02/2013 2:54:41 PM PST
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: jazusamo
The gas pedal must have stuck....oh, wait.....that's the 90 year-olds going into store windows.
Leni
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posted on
12/02/2013 2:54:58 PM PST
by
MinuteGal
(<p>)
To: MinuteGal
It wasnt a Toyota was it.....?
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posted on
12/02/2013 2:58:50 PM PST
by
njslim
(St)
To: jazusamo
Here hold my cell phone and watch this!
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posted on
12/02/2013 3:02:50 PM PST
by
TaMoDee
(Go Pack Go!)
To: jazusamo
Need to get the Oamacare programmers to make computer control for the train. They would never have an accident again.
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posted on
12/02/2013 3:02:59 PM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: jazusamo
yeah, that Positive Train Control investment looks pretty cheap now, don’t it?
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posted on
12/02/2013 3:04:01 PM PST
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: jazusamo
Same train crash scenario happened a few months ago in France. Driver was at fault there, going far too fast..
I wonder if the driver was taking on a cell phone? Or impaired?
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posted on
12/02/2013 3:07:37 PM PST
by
rawhide
To: Wingy
Because the whole point of the investigation is to determine whether anything can be done to prevent something similar from happening.
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posted on
12/02/2013 3:07:59 PM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: flaglady47
#11
Then I’ll take “Cellphone” for $500, Alex.
To: Squawk 8888
NASCAR figured it out...
banking
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posted on
12/02/2013 3:13:19 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: Squawk 8888
Shake and Bank Choo Choo!!
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posted on
12/02/2013 3:14:23 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: jazusamo
Question: why is that train going 82 mph is a 30 mph zone?! It’s almost like a slower version of that derailment at Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain back in July 2013.
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posted on
12/02/2013 3:15:16 PM PST
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: jazusamo
Kettle, meet Pot.
Pot, meet Kettle.
NTSB, you’ve qualified for the Captain Obvious Award!
To: RayChuang88
This reminds me of the Sheboygan Train Tragedy of 1984 when this train derailed going 8mph in a 3 mph curve. The driver apparently fell asleep, and leaned to one side, which along with the speed of the train helped tip it over, the driver, Willie Green, had a skinned hand and a young boy had a skinned knee, matching his other one he got in soccer practice.
Obviously a tragedy on a smaller scale but the same principle.... whatever that is
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posted on
12/02/2013 3:23:56 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: jazusamo
Texting: that’s the first thought that came to mind.
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posted on
12/02/2013 4:04:23 PM PST
by
Salvey
To: Army Air Corps
and you know that notion just crossed my mind ...
my favorite Dead song and probably one of my top 3 all time
To: GeronL
and once again I am the only one who understands my brilliance.
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posted on
12/02/2013 4:20:59 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: GeronL
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posted on
12/02/2013 4:22:00 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
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posted on
12/02/2013 4:32:35 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: GeronL
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posted on
12/02/2013 4:33:16 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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