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[QUOTE]Originally posted by palmland: [QB] From [URL=http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2015/05/six-killed-in-amtrak-northeast-corridor-derailment-in-philadelphia]Trains.com[/URL] : ******* The train could have been traveling at over 100 miles an hour, twice the speed limit on that stretch of track, according to preliminary data recovered by the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the accident. and: The point at which the derailment occurred is a series of facing point switches to allow northbound (railroad east) trains to either continue toward Trenton (via a 50-55 mph left hand curve) or continue east toward Atlantic City. The speed south of the interlocking is 70 or 75 mph, the speed north of the interlocking is 125 mph. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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