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There's Been A Major Train Derailment In The Bronx — At Least 4 Reported Dead
http://www.businessinsider.com/metro-north-train-derails-in-the-bronx-2013-12 ^ | Dec 1, 2013 | Joe Weisenthal

Posted on 12/01/2013 5:53:20 AM PST by Cvengr

"...CBS New York, citing FDNY sources, is saying there are "several injuries."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/metro-north-train-derails-in-the-bronx-2013-12#ixzz2mEOvVQNG ..."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bronx; derail; nyc; train
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To: virgil

Translastion:

The engineer (who was texting) applied the brakes (but it was too late).


41 posted on 12/01/2013 9:09:50 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: virgil
I hadn't heard that..do you have a source..?

It doesn't sound right...because looking at the pictures of the cars..it seems that the train was still accelerating when it derailed...if he had applied the brakes further up the track..and they all failed...the train would just have decelerated fairly rapidly..

IIRC..because of the impact of various social media..every time there's been a crash recently..we usually know the name of the pilot/crew..within a few hours...this..not one leak....lawd help us if it's Abdullah...

42 posted on 12/01/2013 9:10:38 AM PST by ken5050 (Benghazi investigation update: "The plot thickens, like Hillary Clinton's ankles.." (longfellow")
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To: virgil

Or even more likely:

The (union) engineer (who was speeding and texting) said he applied the brakes (but it was too late to stop the speeding train).


43 posted on 12/01/2013 9:13:03 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

Also very suprising..major incident in NYC..huge media attention..where’s the Mayor, and the mayor-elect?


44 posted on 12/01/2013 9:13:38 AM PST by ken5050 (Benghazi investigation update: "The plot thickens, like Hillary Clinton's ankles.." (longfellow")
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To: ken5050

DeBlasio is still asleep.


45 posted on 12/01/2013 9:15:25 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: ken5050

And I think Bloomberg is in Bermuda.


46 posted on 12/01/2013 9:24:59 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: ken5050
It was embedded in an article on CNN.com.

"The train operator -- who is among the injured -- told investigators he applied brakes to the train, but it didn't slow down, a law enforcement official on the scene and familiar with the investigation said."

I just take it for what it's worth. He could mean I applied the brakes but it was too late because I was distracted. Who knows.

47 posted on 12/01/2013 9:30:49 AM PST by virgil
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To: jimbo123

you mean stoned.....


48 posted on 12/01/2013 9:31:58 AM PST by ken5050 (Benghazi investigation update: "The plot thickens, like Hillary Clinton's ankles.." (longfellow")
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To: Alberta's Child; ken5050

The line is fully electrified from Croton-Harmon into Grand Central, but is not from Poughkeepsie to Croton-Harmon. This is why they use diesel-electric locomotives for Poughkeepsie service. Diesel power can’t operate in the Park Ave. Tunnel.


49 posted on 12/01/2013 10:18:27 AM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Cvengr

I thought the Bronx was already a major train wreck?


50 posted on 12/01/2013 11:12:38 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: Cvengr

RIP.


51 posted on 12/01/2013 1:01:29 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Cvengr

Prayers for the survivors.


52 posted on 12/01/2013 1:13:17 PM PST by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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