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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Mon Dec 2, 2013, 05:43 PM Dec 2013

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NTSB: Train traveling 82 mph approaching curve

Eyewitness News

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The NTSB says the Metro-North train that derailed in the Bronx was traveling 82 mph as it approached a curve with a 30 mph speed limit.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators on Monday mined the train's data recorders, shedding light on such things as the train's speed and the use of its brakes.

The NTSB's Earl Weener says investigators have not yet determined is why the Metro-North train was going so fast. Weener said so far there appear to be no problems or anomalies with the brakes.

Seconds before the locomotive stopped the throttle idled and the brake pressure dropped to zero, he said.

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NTSB: Train traveling 82 mph approaching curve (Original Post) hrmjustin Dec 2013 OP

This is horrible. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #1

I know. If it had been a few hours later several members of my church would have been on the train. hrmjustin Dec 2013 #2

Wasn't there was another train that wrecked in the same location recently? In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #3

Yes. There was three derailments in a span of a week several weeks bback. hrmjustin Dec 2013 #4

Is there something wrong with the track signals? In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #6

I think the brakes failed on some of the cars. As for the other incidents they were around the NYC hrmjustin Dec 2013 #8

A trash train did not long ago, but TheCowsCameHome Dec 2013 #5

It sounds like something killed the brakes. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #7

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. This is horrible.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 05:52 PM

Dec 2013

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. I know. If it had been a few hours later several members of my church would have been on the train.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 05:53 PM

Dec 2013

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. Wasn't there was another train that wrecked in the same location recently?

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 05:56 PM

Dec 2013

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

4. Yes. There was three derailments in a span of a week several weeks bback.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 05:58 PM

Dec 2013

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

6. Is there something wrong with the track signals?

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 06:03 PM

Dec 2013

Could a relay be kicking a switch into the off position?

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

8. I think the brakes failed on some of the cars. As for the other incidents they were around the NYC

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 06:10 PM

Dec 2013

but one was close to that one.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)

5. A trash train did not long ago, but

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 05:59 PM

Dec 2013

I don'tknow what the cause was.

This one is getting ugly quick. 82 in a 30 restriction. Not good.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

7. It sounds like something killed the brakes.

Reply to TheCowsCameHome (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 06:03 PM

Dec 2013

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