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[QUOTE]Originally posted by smitty195: [QB] There is a screenshot that was taken from Amtrak's website last night where you can look at your train on a map with the MPH listed. It is "live" info (I completely forgot Amtrak had that function on their website). Anyway, last night someone posted the status of train #188 just as it approached the 50MPH curve. Amtrak's tracker said the train was going 106MPH. There is another source that says the train was going 108MPH. I'm not sure how it works, but ATCS is a railfan hobby involving computers, special software, and some method of being able to have almost the same screen that the dispatcher has, with "live" train status and signals, switch alignments, and more. I know nothing about it----but I have seen people use it trackside on their 4G equipped laptops. So those guys are saying 108MPH. There was also a retired NTSB official on the news this morning, and he used to work train crashes. He explained how speed will most likely be a factor in this crash because of where the cars landed as far as distance from rails, which side they went to (left or right), and the force required to undo special locking passenger train couplers. So there are three somewhat decent sources that place speed as the culprit. And I know who the engineer is, but I can't say his name until it is out in the public venue. However, he came from here and worked Caltrain (which was operated by Amtrak at the time) as well as being based at Oakland for the Capitols/San Joaquins. He left here a few years ago and moved to New York. The media keep saying that the engineer is in ICU, however, he was texting from the hospital last night saying that his injuries were minor. But wow, what a mess that whole scene is out there. I was very impressed with how they used the MCIP (Multiple Casualty Incident Plan) as well as effectively using ICS (Incident Command System). They seemed to do it by the book and things were extremely smooth considering what was happening. I used to train on MCIP drills all the time---once a year. It's the biggest and most expensive training there is, but it's worth it because when "the big one" hits an agency, the MCIP and ICS *will* work as long as everyone is trained on it, and that they use it correctly. Philly was a great example of how it's done. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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