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Eastern Railroad Discussion > Amtrak DerailmentDate: 05/12/15 19:15 Amtrak Derailment Author: willobi Amtrak has had a major derailment in Philadelphia, PA. CNN is providing live coverage. It looks like a very bad wreck.
Date: 05/12/15 19:23 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: MrMichael Looks to be near Frankford Junction - some reports are saying a CSX freight is involved.
Posted from iPhone Date: 05/12/15 19:26 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: alcoc-430 Train 188. Hearing it was involved with a CSX freight/local. Looks pretty bad. At least 1 car looks like a crashed soda can.
Date: 05/12/15 19:40 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: bioyans MrMichael Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Looks to be near Frankford Junction - some reports > are saying a CSX freight is involved. > > Posted from iPhone Still too early to guess. The Amtrak cars ended up a good distance away from the NEC, and landed in CR's Frankford Junction yard. The "collision" may not have been so much a cause, but a secondary incident from a derailment. Date: 05/12/15 20:35 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: hartrick24 The longer Fox News covers this, now about 1.5 hours the more stupid the questions get. I do pray all come out of this ok... Steve
Date: 05/12/15 20:54 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: willobi 243 on board. 5 crew member, 238 passengers. 5 confirmed deaths, 6 critical, 43 others transported to the hospital. Another sad day on the RR. My heart goes out to all involved.
Date: 05/13/15 04:00 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: rev66vette FWIW: No one mentioning anything about another train being involved on all the news stations I've seeen this morning...
Date: 05/13/15 04:01 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: calsubd hartrick24 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The longer Fox News covers this, now about 1.5 > hours the more stupid the questions get. I do pray > all come out of this ok... Steve You nailed it on the Fox news and I pray all come out of this ok also ! Ed Stewart Jacksonville, FL Date: 05/13/15 04:22 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: reel_smooth Six total fatalities as of this morning; 5 at the scene & 1 at Temple University hospital from overnight.
Date: 05/13/15 04:42 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: P hartrick24 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The longer Fox News covers this, now about 1.5 > hours the more stupid the questions get. I do pray > all come out of this ok... Steve i don't know if this is supposed to be some lame criticism of a particular network, or if this just happens to be the channel you are watching, but if you bothered to flip around the dial, you would see that stupid news questions and comments are not limited to any particular network. Date: 05/13/15 04:50 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: ChrisA. This is very true, stupidity and ignorance runs wild on most of the news channels, I want to know what an overhead journal box is,,,,,,from ABC news, Let us all pray for the victims
Date: 05/13/15 05:05 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: PRR-Lewistown I hope they don't put up a fence like they are talking on fox news.
Posted from Android Date: 05/13/15 05:15 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: toledopatch No other train involved per the NYT report.
I rarely bother to watch the 24-hour news channels after incidents like these - certainly not for long. It's just the same B-roll over and over again while they speculate about what happened and raise spurious questions to kill time. Date: 05/13/15 05:43 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: wheel_slip hartrick24 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The longer Fox News covers this, now about 1.5 > hours the more stupid the questions get. I do pray > all come out of this ok... Steve CNN started "reporting" the business of a collision with a CSX freight shortly after the incident. Which clearly wasn't the cause of this crash. Next we will hear Brian Williams was one of the first responders... Date: 05/13/15 06:30 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: blackcatd9 Looking at the curve on Internet Maps.
By now those who are viewing this thread have probably gone to the location of Frankford Ave. and E. Butler St., Philadelphia PA. Indeed, very sad. bcd9 ∑:=( Date: 05/13/15 06:48 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: Ohiorailfan Ive heard that the train was doing 108 MPH around a 50 MPH curve.
Posted from Android Date: 05/13/15 07:28 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: kingman anyone know the equiptment pulling the train?
Date: 05/13/15 07:31 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: elsdp45 kingman Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > anyone know the equiptment pulling the train? One of the new Sprinters Posted from iPhone Date: 05/13/15 07:33 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: prr4828 AMTK 601
* JB * kingman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > anyone know the equiptment pulling the train? Date: 05/13/15 07:43 Re: Amtrak Derailment Author: kingman Thanks I just got the picture. Im hearing all sorts of conjecture on speeds and who did what , Who maintains the trackage CSX? or is Amtrak taking care of that ?
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