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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] [URL=https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/2018/07/10/amtrak-rail-cars-in-fatal-crash-didn-t-meet-current-standards]Bloomberg[/URL] reports that the Preliminary Report from the NTSB has now been released. There is interesting reading regarding the Talgo equipment. Fair Use: [i][list] [*]The passenger rail cars on an Amtrak train that derailed near Seattle last December, killing three people, were allowed by federal regulators to stay in service even though they didn’t meet current crash-protection standards, federal investigators said Tuesday......The NTSB is conducting a two-day hearing . As part of the hearing, it released preliminary reports on the Dec. 18 accident in DuPont, WA...The three people who died had been traveling in one of the rail cars that was severely disfigured by the crash impact, NTSB said. Two of them were thrown from the car. A total of 74 people were injured, including 57 passengers on the train.....The car’s floor buckled, its roof collapsed and most of the seats were crushed, the NTSB said[/i] [/list] Mr. Anderson has deemed, and I'd dare say with much foundation, that the Amtrak safety culture - passenger and employee - is broken. Even if the incident is clearly laid at the feet of employee negligence, Anderson was never in his past life persuading the FAA to allow flying of aircraft that did not meet prevailing safety standards. While I doubt if the Talgos will be withdrawn from service, I would not expect to see any further orders for such. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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