Posted on 09/29/2016 5:59:26 AM PDT by milford421
Train struck train station in Hoboken, NJ....mass casualties, reports of fatalities.
Other than speed, how do you lose control of something you can't steer? We should know about speed pretty quick.
Indeed.
When we were stationed at West Point we used to take the train into the city, quite often via this station. Scary stuff.
Train number 1614 - originating from Spring Valley 7:23 arrival 8:33? 8:38?
Over 100 people injured - I don’t know why a safety switch wouldn’t have tripped either.
But held the dead-man switch??? Possible but unlikely.
That was pure speculation from some official or expert being interviewed by FoxNews.
*ducking*
“When we were stationed at West Point we used to take the train into the city, quite often via this station. Scary stuff.”
Interesting. Hearing from a witness who had a brother standing on the platform - he said the train came at them really fast, he turned and ran for his life - was slightly injured.
That doesn’t sound like 10 mph to me.
Several train lines terminate at the Hoboken station.
Sure was speculation.
Trump has been saying for a long time that our infrastructures are like a third world country.
Thank you for the info.
Sounds like they are trying to stabilize structure.
If I had to guess, cellphone interruptis. If the age of the engineer is 35 or under then the odds are 100%.
Holy crap, I was just on my way to Hoboken station ! What a mess!!!!
But our illegals get education and healthcare and our welfare system is growing like gangbusters.
I used to commute to NYC from NJ. Before the Midtown Direct train, I would have to take a NJ Transit train to Hoboken and switch to the PATH to go into NYC.
I take the Main Line into Hoboken almost every day... the trains always slow down to a crawl as they enter.
Sometimes they stop for a minute to get their track assignment.
This is insane!
Glad you weren’t involved - say a thank you prayer.
We all appreciate the helpful information you gave us - better than the MSM. Thank you.
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