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Amtrak.. engineer, reportedly ranted about safety: 'I wish the railroads had been more proactive'
NY Daily news ^ | 5/14/15 | BY KELDY ORTIZ , DAREH GREGORIAN

Posted on 05/14/2015 2:08:00 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda

Brandon Bostian, crashed Amtrak train's engineer, reportedly ranted about safety: 'I wish the railroads had been more proactive'

BY KELDY ORTIZ , DAREH GREGORIAN

The engineer who was behind the controls of an Amtrak train that derailed going around a curve at 100 mph is a lifelong train buff who's written online about the need for better rail safety, it was reported Thursday.

Brandon Bostian, writing on website Trainorders.com, criticized railroads for not installing "positive train control" systems to prevent crashes, the New York Times reported.

"At any point over the previous EIGHTY years the railroad could have voluntarily implemented some form of this technology," Bostian wrote in 2011, according to the Times. "I wish the railroads had been more proactive in adopting active signaling systems from the get-go."

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KEYWORDS: amtrak; bostian; rail; trains
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To: Karl Spooner

How about the bible’s words... why don’t you read through the entire gospels for a change?

They are thoroughly illuminating.


61 posted on 05/14/2015 4:38:15 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

He would have had to be willing to be a martyr. No way of knowing he would live.


62 posted on 05/14/2015 4:38:31 PM PDT by informavoracious (Open your eyes, people!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I thought it was established fact he is a homosexual. Am I wrong?


63 posted on 05/14/2015 4:39:07 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: Karl Spooner

So where do you get the theology that Jesus did not die for every sinner who accepts that redemption?

You pulled it out of your rear, from your pride. It ain’t from the bible.


64 posted on 05/14/2015 4:39:19 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I did. And I can tell you didn’t.


65 posted on 05/14/2015 4:41:19 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: FourtySeven

All I have seen documented is that he pushed for “gay marriage.” Flash: a lot of liberals do that. The movement would get nowhere without the support of lots of “non gays.”

It is sad, very sad, if he was. A lot of homos deal in very risky behavior. And wrecking the train on purpose would be of a piece with it. None of which ratifies any of the catty talk that has been slung about here.


66 posted on 05/14/2015 4:41:45 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Karl Spooner

You pulling that out of your rear end... just did so this week.


67 posted on 05/14/2015 4:42:09 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Keep twisting it. You ain’f fooling God.


68 posted on 05/14/2015 4:44:18 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Karl Spooner

You are the one who is blame laden, loaded down with sins, and not fooling God.


69 posted on 05/14/2015 4:44:51 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

You must have a unclean sprit in you. Can we pray to get rid of it? Or will you continue to attack God and defend Homo’s?


70 posted on 05/14/2015 4:48:33 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Boogieman

You didn’t see the obvious but invisible /sarc tag.

:-)


71 posted on 05/14/2015 5:26:00 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Not for nothing, but there was a deadly crash right at that same spot in 1943, something like 75 people died. If you are installing safety devices why wouldn’t you start at that location and other locations where crashes have occurred?


72 posted on 05/14/2015 5:26:50 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: ExNewsExSpook
All of the “positive train control” systems in the world can’t overcome the laws of physics. Going 106 on a curve rated for 50 mph was a guaranteed disaster.

Actually this is the exact problem that positive train control is for. The system knows when the train is approaching a lower speed zone, knows how fast the train is going, and can apply the brakes to force the train to reach a safe speed. Or to come to a complete stop if a signal is red, etc.

73 posted on 05/14/2015 5:30:13 PM PDT by JenB
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To: HiTech RedNeck
what will actually politically happen is anyone’s guess, we know how the people eat up the liberal news sound bites. The technology isn’t even close to being able to handle it by the end of this year.

Yeah, I've been wondering how this will affect the railroads' efforts to get an extension. Even the roads who have been working diligently on this can't make end of the year, and I hate to think how far off certain other roads are right now. It's good technology and absolutely needs to be in place but you can't just say by government fiat, have this done by the end of the year when the infrastructure isn't there.

74 posted on 05/14/2015 5:33:06 PM PDT by JenB
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Another suicidal Gay nut job.


75 posted on 05/15/2015 2:53:57 AM PDT by AdaGray
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To: Boogieman

Well, people have posted such ridiculous things seriously on threads about this incident, that over-the-top sarcasm blends right in.


76 posted on 05/15/2015 6:23:36 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: KC_Lion; T-Bone Texan; Norm Lenhart; GeronL; stephenjohnbanker; MeganC

” If culturally we exhibited more parental oversight and supervision over young boys and thus they were molested at a lesser rate, would the percentage of homosexual men then decrease as those non-molested boys reached adulthood?”

HELL yes, it would decrease. !


77 posted on 05/15/2015 9:04:22 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Dear hiTech,

you are correct.


78 posted on 05/16/2015 11:56:19 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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