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[QUOTE]Originally posted by George Harris: [QB] There is now some better real information availble: There was some information from the NTSB that appeared last night. According to another web sites it was: Train speeds at time of collision: Freight train 25 mph, Metrolink train 42 mph. Point of impact is determined to be MP 444.123. Points passed by Metrolink train: Chatsworth Station is at MP 445.5 (Stop made there.) Devonshire St. grade crossing is at 445.20. Chatsworth St. grade crossing is at 444.70. CP Topanga is at 444.5, with a detector just west (geographically north) of there. Beyond the point of collision: East portal of Tunnel #28 is 444.00. The grade is 1.0% uphill for #111 from Lassen St. (MP 445.70), but on the 6º curves the grade drops to 0.76%. Distance from station stop to collision point is 1.37 miles, From CP Topanga switch to collision, it is 0.38 miles. From tunnel portal to collision, it is 0.12 miles. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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