Posted on 05/13/2015 8:47:03 AM PDT by 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?
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?
it sounds as if there was a malfunction of some sort doesnt it.
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?
Scam-Track...
“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
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
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.
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
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.
The only difference between zeros upbringing and jihadist upbringing is that zeros was affluent.
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..
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.....
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
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.
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.
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