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What We Know About Engineer of Derailed AMTRAK Train
ABC Local News - Philly ^ | May 13, 2015 | by MEGHAN KENEALLY

Posted on 05/13/2015 3:02:36 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The engineer driving the Amtrak train that derailed survived the Tuesday night crash will play a key role in the investigation into what happened.

The identity of the engineer has not been publicly released, but authorities said he has already met with investigators.

The train's engineer initially spoke with investigators Tuesday night. He was treated at a hospital and then released and transported to the Philadelphia Police Department. He later declined to provide a formal statement to police and requested a lawyer, which he now has.

ABC News can confirm that they were reportedly meeting with federal accident investigators and other rail personnel this afternoon.

(Excerpt) Read more at 6abc.com ...


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KEYWORDS: amtrak; bostian; bostianbio; homo; trainengineer; trainwreck
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To: Don Corleone

Mechanical malfunction is always a possibility, stuck throttle perhaps.

But why let the train reach 100 mph before hitting emergency brake at last seconds before curve ?

These crashes, like planes, are almost always a series of failures and mistakes that happen rapidly. Equipment, environment and error (human).

Exceptions - Terrorism and intentional pilot suicide.


41 posted on 05/13/2015 3:46:45 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: 11th_VA
Brandon Bostian is a pusher of the sodomite agenda. That said, the muzzie connection is still valid since the "engineer" is a leftist supporting the illegal hussein regime, as are islamists.
42 posted on 05/13/2015 3:49:31 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: 11th_VA
Got the lotto numbers to go with that?

I'm waiting for more information before I knee jerk on a headline.

/johnny

43 posted on 05/13/2015 3:49:43 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: elcid1970

Hard to believe such seemingly simple measures aren’t already in place on the lines. I wonder if this is common throughout the passenger and freight train industries?


44 posted on 05/13/2015 3:50:47 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Obola will still blame the Republicans for not giving him trillions more for "infrastructure."

All the "shovel-ready" infrastructure money he already took seems to have evaporated into thin air with nothing to show for it.

45 posted on 05/13/2015 3:52:31 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islamophobia. A word created by fascists and used by cowards to manipulate morons. -- Andrew Cummins)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The shovel-ready money didn't evaporate. It's sitting in bank accounts awaiting permission from the EPA to allow the project.

Those projects could have begun immediately had Obama signed an EO suspending the EPA rules for those projects. But that would have infuriated the Greens.

We have a number of projects here in Washington state that have been fully funded by the Feds, but the EPA hasn't sprinkled holy water on them because the environmental impact statements are still being written.

46 posted on 05/13/2015 3:55:55 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: ETL

It’s called a dead mans switch. And they’ve been on trains for a while.


47 posted on 05/13/2015 3:56:28 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: discostu

I can remember the UTU’s impassioned arguments against any form of automation from 35 years ago when the company I worked for wanted to put in an automated ore haul with the operator in a tower overlooking the yard. No they said, for safety’s sake you must have a conductor, engineer and fireman on each train. The Railway Labor Act made their bargaining power formidable to say the least. The other seven unions and the company could be hamstrung unless the UTU was happy. To top it off, they did maybe an hour and a half’s work in an eight hour shift.


48 posted on 05/13/2015 3:57:57 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: originalbuckeye
And since the Fed took over Amtrak, he is a Fed employee, Yes? So........no matter how guilty he may be, we can be assured he won’t lose his job. NO ONE LOSES THEIR JOB FOR MALFEASANCE OR CRIMINALITY IN THIS ADMIN!

Especially when it's a gay activist.

https://www.facebook.com/brandon.bostian?ref=br_tf

49 posted on 05/13/2015 4:00:20 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: 11th_VA

He’s either a doper, a texter, or a Muslim extremist ... just sayin .


Nope. Probably just an incompetent engineer.


50 posted on 05/13/2015 4:01:56 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: 11th_VA

Or worse, a union worker.


51 posted on 05/13/2015 4:03:45 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: jonrick46

Wow, that’s actually a classy statement. Did someone else write it for him, or is it one of those rare moments of lucidity?


52 posted on 05/13/2015 4:07:50 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Socialized transportation at work.


53 posted on 05/13/2015 4:08:40 PM PDT by Big Horn (Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is his name Mohammed?


54 posted on 05/13/2015 4:13:05 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Francis)
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To: LegendHasIt

Rearden metal is good!


55 posted on 05/13/2015 4:13:17 PM PDT by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
All the "shovel-ready" infrastructure money he already took seems to have evaporated into thin air with nothing to show for it.

It got 0bama re-selected, so it was put to some kind of use.

56 posted on 05/13/2015 4:14:33 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Huskrrrr

Whether he’s guilty or not, he’s well within his rights to do so and I would suggest that you would too if you’re in a similar situation.


57 posted on 05/13/2015 4:15:53 PM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Unless there was something wrong with the controls, this guy is in deep trouble.


58 posted on 05/13/2015 4:16:12 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: 9thLife
Is his name Mohammed?

It's Brandon.

59 posted on 05/13/2015 4:19:35 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; All

BREAKING: GotNews IDs Gay Activist Train Engineer Who Caused Amtrak Crash

Brian 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


60 posted on 05/13/2015 4:23:53 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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