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 ...
Shouldn’t take too long to calculate speed from the video. Wreckage seems to indicate that the loco went loose first and the first passenger car wrapped itself around a ibeam pole holding up the wires.
SEPTA is light rail, commuter rail and trolley/subway,
I read a rumor about a passenger clearly hearing someone “singing In arabic....
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Amtrak looks to be ‘lectric in Philly.
Yup.
The loco cab did’t hit too much so I’d guess that the engineer survived.
50 mph curve allegedly.
wonder if one day we’ll hear ‘em call us near ... soon!? So how bless are we? So will Christmas be lean? Let’s make the dresses out of flour sacks ... Take the peanuts and coal oil and wait for the ‘Thank Yous’ ... Christmas in May ... Back Home and We’re Back Home ...
“Is it me, or does the headline seem to imply two separate trains?”
My first thought too.
I think the DC to NYC corrydoor makes some semblence of breaking even on cash flow.
As a former Philadelphian, that headline makes the meaning perfectly clear (it is from a local television news website). SEPTA is Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority - buses, trolley cars, commuter trains, subways and elevated lines.
the writer,,,sure didnt take the Internet..reader into consideration....
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I concur. I’d add suposition that the loco is all electric and perhaps more likely to have trouble sticking to the track than a Diesel-lectric.
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A wheel of any Amish wagon?
“I concur. I’d add suposition that the loco is all electric and perhaps more likely to have trouble sticking to the track than a Diesel-lectric.”
The entire North East Corridor is electric from D.C. to Boston.
Nothing sticks to the track at twice the rated speed.
The engines are generally all-electric on NE corridor, as the lines are electrified from DC to New Haven. Also why a train (and then several) was stranded a while back because apparently they refuse to have diesels at the ready to take over. Catenary down? Out of luck.
And no question this loco was standard electric Amtrak - I saw the pix finally and it definitely is, being familiar with them.
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