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50 Hurt After Amtrak Train Derails in Philly
NBC Pjiladelphia ^ | NBC

Posted on 05/12/2015 7:04:41 PM PDT by tcrlaf

At least 50 people were hurt after an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia Tuesday night, according to officials.

Read more: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Amtrak-Derailment-Philadelphia--303536331.html#ixzz3ZypyykBM Follow us: @nbcphiladelphia on Twitter | nbcphiladelphia on Facebook


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: amtrak; crash; derailment; paping; pennsylvania; philadelphia; philly; rail; septa; trainwreck; willie
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To: Raymann; matt04
the power comes solely from the overhead catenary lines.

matt04 is correct when he says "the rail functions as a return for the electricity." The power comes from the catenary (in other words, the 'hot' side - the black wire in your house wiring.) The rail is the ground, or as matt04 said return - the white wire in your house wiring.

You need a return for it to work, for the same reason there are two prongs on your basic electrical plug at your house...

221 posted on 05/12/2015 11:42:21 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: CedarDave; 2ndDivisionVet

Courtesy ping to you, CedarDave, for my mention of your post #213.

Also from other thread, 2ndDivisionVet has update; all 7 train cars went off the tracks:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3289254/posts?page=13#13


222 posted on 05/12/2015 11:52:09 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: BenLurkin
I wonder if its a signal gantry.

Yes.

223 posted on 05/12/2015 11:56:05 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016
i wonder if chris matthews will stoop like a typical ahole again and accuse the engineer of being a member of the tea-party.

I figured they'd find a way to blame that fracced super slippery fracced highly volatile fracced explosive fracced Bakken (did I mention fracced?) oil by now.

Like, maybe someone spilled a drop or two on the tracks?

Oh well, enough sarcasm.

Prayers up for the dead, injured, and their families/loved ones.

224 posted on 05/13/2015 2:22:26 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: BBell
After the wall feel the trabants were a dime a dozen. Now they are collectors items to some.

When I was in Poland in '92, my uncle's car had a manual choke. I think it was a Fiat, though. My cousin was driving a WWII motorcycle that had been in continuous use since the war.

I wish all liberals could experience the glories of communism first hand. "The worker's paradise." My father never got tired of calling it that.

225 posted on 05/13/2015 2:32:58 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: BenLurkin
Did someone 'blow up the wrong train'?

There have been a few high profile tanker accidents involving oil carrying trains lately, and the push continues to restrict oil shipments--which will effectively restrict production (the oil travels by rail partly because there is not enough pipeline capacity). Funny, how despite oil shipments by rail have been going on for a few years now, until the attempts to ban fraccing failed to pass scientific muster, there were no major fiery crashes.

226 posted on 05/13/2015 2:43:19 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: tcrlaf; fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; South Hawthorne; ...
PA Ping!
227 posted on 05/13/2015 2:53:50 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Mom MD

Or rather keeping it secret and away from public knowledge.


228 posted on 05/13/2015 3:28:37 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: JennysCool

Well not surprised, do not want to “offend” the local Muslim community.


229 posted on 05/13/2015 3:30:36 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Raymann

Would not surprised me if someone did some “damage” on the track area that could have made this derailment, but this is just my guess.


230 posted on 05/13/2015 3:35:10 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Publius

I remember when I used to ride the trains that was what I was told, a number of years ago.


231 posted on 05/13/2015 3:38:07 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: CedarDave

Would not surprise me if this gets treated just like that TWA 800 jet incident. The feds do not want to “offend” the Muslim community, just coming off the “draw Muhammed” incident.


232 posted on 05/13/2015 3:41:51 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Would not surprised me. They have been warning us about calling out “lone wolves”.


233 posted on 05/13/2015 3:45:42 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I give the Mayor a lot of credit for doing a very good job with the presser.


234 posted on 05/13/2015 3:49:29 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: re_nortex

No fan of the Mayor myself, but from watching on Fox late last night, he sounded like he presented what he knew at the time.


235 posted on 05/13/2015 3:51:47 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom; Sarah Barracuda; sweetiepiezer; CedarDave
It’s dated 2006?

Try 2003.


236 posted on 05/13/2015 4:41:15 AM PDT by BlueDragon
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To: Smokin' Joe

I will be waiting for the credible “Henry Johnson Scientific Explanation” of how the train flew off the tracks.


237 posted on 05/13/2015 4:54:42 AM PDT by Cruz_West_Paul2016
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To: BlueDragon; PennsylvaniaMom; Sarah Barracuda; sweetiepiezer; CedarDave
If you'll forgive the additional ping about this one item (nine stolen derailers) there was an entire FR thread

which also has a link to an even earlier mention of stolen derailers

Uncle George http://www.freerepublic.com/~unclegeorge/ posting comment to none other than choo-choo man his'self, Willie Green

238 posted on 05/13/2015 4:56:30 AM PDT by BlueDragon
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To: P.O.E.

Thanks P.O.E.,What a mess.Still no cause.People missing,they are trying to lift up the trains now.So far 6 dead.


239 posted on 05/13/2015 4:59:16 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: NoCmpromiz

and now I am recalling when Ed Schultz blamed the Minnesota Bridge Collapse on the Republicans. He probably would pull this stunt again, only he knows better “To Wait For The Facts To Come In First” before blaming Republicans.


240 posted on 05/13/2015 5:00:31 AM PDT by Cruz_West_Paul2016
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