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Posted by Broadway Lion on Tue Dec 19 12:04:16 2017, in response to Re: Amtrak Cascades 501 Derailment in Washington, posted by murray1575 on Tue Dec 19 11:58:17 2017. NOPE. The tree that was involved (if any) would have been hundreds of feet NORTH of where the train left the bridge. That train was on the ground BEFORE the curve.Listen again to the engineer give his "Emergency" call. He said "We are on the ground" He did not say we are wrecked, He did not say we are airborne, He did not say that his locomotive landed on top of an 18 wheeler. All of those things happened, but that is not what was called in. The engineer had time to call in, ergo, he was not airborne at the time. Remember, a train on the ground cannot use its brakes. At that point the wayside must supply the stopping force. ROAR |
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