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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 19 02:41:48 2013 There goes the warrantee ... :)http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/19/us-usa-train-accident-idUSBRE94G0ZT20130519?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews Tease (read above for full story) ... (Reuters) - A fractured segment of track has been found on the rail line of a Metro-North passenger train from New York that derailed in Connecticut and struck another commuter train, injuring more than 70 people, investigators said on Saturday. Authorities have ruled out foul play in Friday's collision, which occurred during the evening rush hour between the towns of Bridgeport and Fairfield, about 50 miles northeast of New York City. Further examination is necessary to determine if track damage found at the site of the accident was a cause or effect of the train wreck, but that stretch of rail line had undergone repair work during the past month, officials said. "We don't yet know whether the fractured train track caused the accident, or was caused by it," Earl Weener, a board member for the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, told reporters at a news conference in Bridgeport. "We do know that the back end of the eastbound train that derailed went over that part of the track where there is a fracture, and that there was repair work done on that stretch of track within the past 30 days," Weener said. The segment of fractured rail was being sent for analysis. |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sun May 19 09:55:14 2013, in response to Reuters: "Fractured rail" possible cause, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 19 02:41:48 2013. If Journalists did not jump to conclusions, they would get no exercise at all! |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 19 13:36:38 2013, in response to Re: Reuters: ''Fractured rail'' possible cause, posted by Broadway Lion on Sun May 19 09:55:14 2013. Fortunately, there are still some journalists out there despite all those "communications majors" ... of course, the teevees get the THEATER majors. :( |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Sun May 19 16:10:29 2013, in response to Re: Reuters: ''Fractured rail'' possible cause, posted by Broadway Lion on Sun May 19 09:55:14 2013. Of course, the next question is where that rail came from, assuming it was the cause of the derailment. |
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Posted by SUBWAYMAN on Sun May 19 18:02:41 2013, in response to Re: Reuters: ''Fractured rail'' possible cause, posted by Elkeeper on Sun May 19 16:10:29 2013. It's been a cold winter. So I wouldn't be surprised if the rail had been weakened because of the cold weather this winter. |
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Posted by Joe V on Sun May 19 19:13:16 2013, in response to Re: Reuters: ''Fractured rail'' possible cause, posted by SUBWAYMAN on Sun May 19 18:02:41 2013. Then Canadian trains should be derailing all over the place |
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Posted by AlM on Sun May 19 19:33:19 2013, in response to Re: Reuters: ''Fractured rail'' possible cause, posted by Joe V on Sun May 19 19:13:16 2013. Reading about CNR, my impression is that they do. :) |
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Posted by SUBWAYMAN on Sun May 19 22:53:00 2013, in response to Re: Reuters: ''Fractured rail'' possible cause, posted by Joe V on Sun May 19 19:13:16 2013. WTF are you talking about? |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue May 21 04:16:32 2013, in response to Re: Reuters: ''Fractured rail'' possible cause, posted by SUBWAYMAN on Sun May 19 22:53:00 2013. Wow, slow much... if cold + rail = broken rail, then canada + rail = broken rail. |
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Posted by SUBWAYMAN on Tue May 21 16:33:25 2013, in response to Re: Reuters: ''Fractured rail'' possible cause, posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue May 21 04:16:32 2013. Well the LIRR had quite a bit of broken rails this winter. I don't know how often they have it in Canada but I don't think their lines have as much traffic as the LIRR or the NEC. |
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