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To: Biggirl

How fast is that train supposed to travel?


3 posted on 05/13/2015 10:53:36 AM PDT by RightFighter (It was all for nothing.)
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To: RightFighter

50 or so according to a previous thread.


4 posted on 05/13/2015 10:55:20 AM PDT by PrairieDawg
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To: RightFighter
Slower than this one


6 posted on 05/13/2015 10:55:44 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: RightFighter
How fast is that train supposed to travel?

50 around that curve.

15 posted on 05/13/2015 11:00:18 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: RightFighter

50-55 mph at that place.................


17 posted on 05/13/2015 11:03:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: RightFighter

The general Amtrak speed limit is 79 mph, less in curves.


22 posted on 05/13/2015 11:09:29 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: RightFighter

How fast is that train supposed to travel?

*******

.....The speed limit is 70 mph just before the curve and 50 mph along the curve itself,
the Federal Railroad Administration said....

More info should be forthcoming as they have found the black box
according to the following article.

Investigators arrive after train wreck leaves 7 dead
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/05/13/amtrak-train-derails-flips-7-dead-140-injured/21182634/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chp-desktop%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D-289250805


33 posted on 05/13/2015 11:22:59 AM PDT by deport
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To: RightFighter

Shouldn’t there be a governor to limit the speed?
Are there stretches of track that they are allowed to travel that speed?


55 posted on 05/13/2015 1:21:55 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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