PA - Amtrak train from Washington crashes in Philadelphia, May 2015

[Inthedetails]

Brandon Bostian was the Engineer per CNN

Thanks. Some info on him:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/GMABig/amtrak-engineer-helm-derailed-train/story?id=31023810

 

[Bravo]

My heart goes out to all the Victims and their Loved one's :rose:

 

[Inthedetails]

Maybe he needs to take some time so the drugs in his system can clear?

Hope I am wrong.

I am assuming they already tested him for drugs.

 

[Bravo]

Maybe he needs to take some time so the drugs in his system can clear?

Hope I am wrong.

I hope that's not the case as well. I'm sure it's standard procedure in a case like this to draw blood.

 

[bettybaby00]

There is no complete tracking:

Karl Okamoto, a friend and colleague, told CNN that Amtrak do not have Jacobs on their passenger list because her '10 pass' ticket meant she could get on any train without reserving a ticket. He said they have no record of her on the train

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eople-investigation-begins.html#ixzz3a3w19ojk
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I was wondering if they had multi trip tickets as many people take Amtrack on a frequent/regular basis.

My daughter will be a freshman in college next fall and I had thought, "this is great she can take the train when she wants to come home."

 

[Bravo]

I hope we learn in the days to come which stretches of track still don't have that safety device on the rails.

 

[corundogs]

A family of a Baltimore man believed to be on Amtrak 188 is searching for answers following Tuesday night’s deadly wreck.

Family members tell CBS Philly*that 45-year-old Robert Gildersleeve boarded the Amatak train in Baltimore headed*toward New York.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/...f-baltimore-man-believed-to-be-on-amtrak-188/

OMGosh! There is more than one person missing?? Heartbreaking!

 

[Inthedetails]

Maybe he needs to take some time so the drugs in his system can clear?

Hope I am wrong.

"Philadelphia police interviewed the train’s engineer, who was required to undergo drug and alcohol testing after the crash, but they did not reveal what he said."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...957-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html?hpid=z1

 

[oceanblueeyes]

He had to know the route well enough to know the curve was coming with the 50 mph limit. Did something happen as far as a malfunction and the Engineer wasn't where he was suppose to be and doing what he was suppose to do? Not blaming just speculating.

Something is very off with this entire train wreck.

Why would the engineer lawyer up?

All of this happened within 11 minutes so he didn't fall asleep, imo.

And I don't see how the train could speed up to over 100+MPH on its own if he wasn't in the cab where he should have been.

And why would he only apply the brakes after he was already going over a hundred miles an hour when the max speed was 50? Why wasn't he trying to slow it down way before it gained that much speed?

It did show the brakes worked because it slowed it down from 106 to 102 seconds before it derailed. Why did he wait to even apply the brakes at 106 MPH? He had to know they were traveling way too fast for the curve even before he got to it.

I don't think this was due to mechanical failure. Imo, this is human but is it an error or was there planning?

And today they said there have been 14 derailments this year alone. That is a lot of derailments imo.

There are so many things that don't make logical sense.

IMO

 

[Bravo]

I hear ya Ocean

 

[Bravo]

Anderson Cooper up next on this tragedy. Maybe we will learn a bit more detail?

 

[Bravo]

8 are still critical according to link above. Prayers to them for a good outcome

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

CNN confirms that Rachael Jacobs, originally from Huntington Woods, MI (north-suburban Detroit) is among the deceased in the Amtrak train tragedy. Shalom. :rose:

 

[jggordo]

BB (engineer) graduated from University Of Missouri in Columbia with a Bachelors Degree in Engineering. No pun intended. But does show he had plenty of knowledge about inertia etc. to know better than to do this speed going into a curve.

I did not provide a link. It is being reported by ABC17 news Columbia. I did not post a link because the article spells out his full name, and I am not sure that would be appropriate.

JMO's

 

[Bravo]

CNN confirms that Rachael Jacobs, originally from Huntington Woods, MI (north-suburban Detroit) is among the deceased in the Amtrak train tragedy. Shalom. :rose:

So very sorry to hear this BDE Thanks for the update. So very sad.

 

[al66pine]

Has anyone seen an explanation re engine separation? Was it caused -
- deliberately by engineer/RR employee action,
- automatically by RR system, or
- physics (?) of train collision?

"The engine pulling the train separated from the passenger cars and came to rest diagonally across another set of tracks."

^ from May 13 article w many photos & graphics
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/13/us/investigating-the-philadelphia-amtrak-train-crash.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=a-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Sorry if I missed discussion on this.

 

[CARIIS]

I admit i have skimmed trying to catch up but does anyone know approx. how far along the train was from leaving the Station? TIA

3 miles per mcnbc

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Michigan native killed in Amtrak derailment

Rachel Jacobs last seen on her way to board train

Author: Local 4 - ClickOnDetroit news staff, local4@clickondetroit.com

Published On: May 13 2015 01:17:31 PM EDT Updated 27 m

ApprenNet CEO Rachel Jacobs was killed in Tuesday night's Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, Local 4 has confirmed.

Jacobs was a native of Huntington Woods, Mich., and graduated from Berkley High School. Her mother, Gilda Jacobs, is a former state representative who now heads up the Michigan League for Public Policy.

"This is an unthinkable tragedy," read a statement from Jacobs' family. "Rachel was a wonderful mother, daughter, sister, wife and friend.She was devoted to her family, her community and the pursuit of social justice. We cannot imagine life without her. We respectfully ask for privacy so that we can begin the process of grieving." ...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan-native-missing-after-amtrak-derailment/32999634

 

[corundogs]

Has anyone seen an explanation re engine separation? Was it caused -
- deliberately by engineer/RR employee action,
- automatically by RR system, or
- physics (?) of train collision?

"The engine pulling the train separated from the passenger cars and came to rest diagonally across another set of tracks."

^ from May 13 article w many photos & graphics
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/13/us/investigating-the-philadelphia-amtrak-train-crash.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Sorry if I missed discussion on this.

I haven't seen an explanation. However, from looking at crash scene photos, it looks to me like the 2nd car slammed sideways into one of those goal-post looking metal things over the tracks. I think that is what mangled it so badly. Evidence that this is what happened is that the metal from one of those goal-post looking things was sticking out of the mangled mess.

I am just assuming that when it stopped suddenly from hitting that metal, that it detached itself.

The locomotive wasn't so far away from the cars that it looked to me like he intentionally detached them.

 

[corundogs]

3 miles per mcnbc

HHMMM...that doesn't seem quite far enough, based on the map I made myself and the maps I have seen here. It seems more like 10 miles, give or take.