Now how is it that an projectile caused the engineer to speed up to over 100mph?
maybe he was struck in the head. and he either froze or pushed the accelerator while semi conscious. I had a window shot? out from ny car once and almost ran off a high embankment. Electric train engines are designed to accelerate quickly there are time tables.
From a trian q and a site
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/169142.aspx
someone posted this:
Just to give you an idea of what can be done with modern electric locos - the class 189 electric of German Railway, rated at 10,000 hp, accelerates a 2.000 mt freight train from 0 to 65 mph in less than 20 seconds. 50 years ago, that was the acceleration of a Porsche!
Tomorrows headline: Bullets cause trains to de-rail, immediate confiscation of all guns. /s