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SEPTA Says Commuter Train Hit By Projectile Just Before Amtrak Train Derailed
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/05/13/septa-says-commuter-train-hit-by-projectile-just-before-amtrak-train-derailed/ ^ | May 13. 2015 | no attribution

Posted on 05/13/2015 8:47:03 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey

SEPTA Says Commuter Train Hit By Projectile Just Before Amtrak Train Derailed

(Excerpt) Read more at philadelphia.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 20150512; amtrak; deviatedsepta; dryrun; dsj02; isis; pennsylvania; philadelphia; rop; septa; terrorism; trainwreck; wtf
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To: MeshugeMikey

From press release : train moving 102 mph after engineer manually applied breaks
Sounds almost like it was stuck in cruse control. Was the computer hacked?


201 posted on 05/13/2015 2:16:40 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: MeshugeMikey

From press release : train moving 102 mph after engineer manually applied breaks
Sounds almost like it was stuck in cruse control. Was the computer hacked?


202 posted on 05/13/2015 2:16:40 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: hoosiermama

it sounds as if there was a malfunction of some sort doesnt it.


203 posted on 05/13/2015 2:22:12 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: hoosiermama

I heard on a news report the Amtrak was at full throttle speed, which doesn’t jive with 20 minutes and 3 miles apart.

Can anyone confirm the Amtrak’s speed at derailment?


204 posted on 05/13/2015 2:32:34 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

http://news.yahoo.com/live-updates—amtrak-train-derailment-near-philadelphia-030241888.html


205 posted on 05/13/2015 2:35:35 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: MeshugeMikey

206 posted on 05/13/2015 2:48:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fTact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Scam-Track...


207 posted on 05/13/2015 2:50:37 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: MortMan

“How about “Commuter train struck by object 3 miles from scene of Amtrak Derailing”?:

Pretty amazing how a piece of the Amtrak train flew that far! /s


208 posted on 05/13/2015 2:54:08 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: Rebelbase

It was just reported by the head of the investigation at his news conference. : 106 before engineer applied break. 102 after. As they entered the curve


209 posted on 05/13/2015 3:07:25 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: MeshugeMikey; All

Then again the current information is that the train was traveling over 100 mph on a 50 mph curve. Also something about the driver trying to brake, but not succeeding? More info needed for sure.


210 posted on 05/13/2015 3:32:45 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin; LucyT

First thing that popped into my head was the Michael Hasting auto accident and all the speculation about vehicles being controlled from a distance. / tinfoil


211 posted on 05/13/2015 3:44:00 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: hoosiermama

He was doing 106 before he applied the brakes. He got down to 102 in the 3 seconds before the train crashed. Trains don’t instantly stop and he waited far too late to apply the brakes.


212 posted on 05/13/2015 3:53:28 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: MeshugeMikey; fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; South Hawthorne; ..
PA Ping!
213 posted on 05/13/2015 4:09:50 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Din Maker

The only difference between zeros upbringing and jihadist upbringing is that zeros was affluent.


214 posted on 05/13/2015 4:11:53 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: Paladin2; Political Junkie Too; RoosterRedux
Amtrak looks to be ‘lectric in Philly.

Amtrak is 'lectric from Wash D.C. to Boston in various flavors, voltages, and frequencies...

However - it was probably that poorly designed center fuel tank.

You know, the same one used on TWA Flight 800..

215 posted on 05/13/2015 4:28:05 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: gleeaikin

Its sounds like distracted :”driving” to me.

He’s refused to talk..to authorities..from what I understand.

HOW he can refuse to talk to authorities,.... I do NOT understand.

Trains arent like cars....a 50 mph curve is a fifty mile per hour curve...as there are no Sports Trains......that could safely take such curves with a skilled driver at the wheel.....


216 posted on 05/13/2015 4:36:03 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: GraceG

what if its discovered that the engineer was texting his BOYFRIEND when he lost control...so to speak??

Gotnews.com has independently identified the engineer at the center of the Amtrak crash that has killed at least seven.

Brandon Bostian is the 32-year-old gay man who lawyered up after a deadly derailment in Philadelphia. The train was reportedly going twice the speed limit.

ABC 6 previously reported that “Brandon Boshan,” not Brandon Bostian, was to blame for the deadly crash. (They have since taken down the link.)

Bostian is a gay activist who previously worked at Target as a cashier before joining Amtrak, according to his LinkedIn.

Read more at http://bit.ly/1F89Js9


217 posted on 05/13/2015 4:45:20 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: the OlLine Rebel; Born to Conserve; Paladin2
No, only to New Haven, CT. All trains NW to Boston have to change at New Haven to diesel.

That would be incorrect. New Haven was the end of the electrification done by the New Haven RR back in 1914 that extended to Hell Gate in NY.

From Wash DC to New Haven CT it is 11 or 12 kv 25 hz power. The remainder not electrified by New Haven was mostly done by The Standard Railroad of the World (Pennsylvania RR).

In the 1990's Amtrak spent the money to electrify the remainder of the NE Corridor from New Haven to Boston using a 25kv, 60hz supply.

"Amtrak operates a 60 Hz Traction Power System along the Northeast Corridor between New Haven, CT and Boston, MA." SOURCE

If you are interested in the older part of their electric train network see HERE.

218 posted on 05/13/2015 4:53:28 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: P.O.E.
brandon bostian @Wwff432 · 1 Aug 2013 4 days of work left then off the Watkins glen for a week for the races can't wait https://twitter.com/wwff432 the speeding engineer was a RACE FAN??? well it MIGHT be different brandon bostian...I dont know for certain
219 posted on 05/13/2015 5:01:18 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Spktyr

Apparently he had to switch the brake to manual mode before he could apply the brake
There was a guest on Fox at about 3 explaining how the system worked. A later question affirmed the engineer would usually Use what amounted to “auto pilot” Technology was sensitive enough to adjust speed of train to automatically adjust to terrain.


220 posted on 05/13/2015 5:10:57 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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