Train Derailment in Seattle Area

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

It was probably a deer.

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OMG...what if its Rodolph?????

rudolph must of beefed up to 500 pounds to have taken out a train

I think you left off a few zeros. I have seen trains tear their 80,000 pound semis like a hot knife through butter.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

It was probably a deer.

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OMG...what if its Rodolph?????

rudolph must of beefed up to 500 pounds to have taken out a train

I think you left off a few zeros. I have seen trains tear their 80,000 pound semis like a hot knife through butter.

What if Michael Moore was crossing the tracks right after he ate a 10,000 calorie dinner at taco bell?

 

[Marion Morrison]

Wtf? Did they not give this thing a couple of trial dry runs?

Things like this are inexcusable.

The NTSA should be all over this.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I’ve done 90 thru Camp Pendleton. Never an issue.

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Is the train suppose to go 82/mph around tight turn?

It was not a tight turn. It was about a 35-40 degree left hand turn and then crossed I-5.

 

[Weatherman2020]

I’ve done 90 thru Camp Pendleton. Never an issue.

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Is the train suppose to go 82/mph around tight turn?

It was not a tight turn. It was about a 35-40 degree left hand turn and then crossed I-5.

30mph limit is what I hear.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Shows why we need more investment in our infrastructure

Our rail infrastructure is among the worst in the free world

We just had 8 years of liberal taking care of it. How many billions did Obama set aside for taking care of infrustructore?

Congress controls spending and dems have only had control 4 out of the past 20 years. Repugs are too busy handing money out to the rich, corporations, and military contractors than to worry about mundane things like infrastructure.

So why didn't the Dems fix it when they had the chance?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I’ve done 90 thru Camp Pendleton. Never an issue.

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Is the train suppose to go 82/mph around tight turn?

It was not a tight turn. It was about a 35-40 degree left hand turn and then crossed I-5.

30mph limit is what I hear.

This is a high speed train. Why would it have a 30 mph curve in it?

I found it on Google earth. The curve is little to nothing! I had heard earlier today that it was an 80 mph limit.

 

[airplanemechanic]

It was not a tight turn. It was about a 35-40 degree left hand turn and then crossed I-5.

Yes it was a very tight turn. Almost 90 degrees. You take that at 80mph and you're going to end up in the woods.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

$181 million seems to be a lot of money to spend to save only 10 minutes on a 3 1/2 hour trip. You can't even get a pizza to go in that amount of time.

The new service is supposed to make the journey between Portland and Seattle in 3 hours and 20 minutes, about 10 minutes faster than previous services.

Washington state Amtrak train derails and falls on highway | Daily Mail Online

It is if you don't want to or cannot fly.

 

[Weatherman2020]

I’ve done 90 thru Camp Pendleton. Never an issue.

View attachment 166589

Is the train suppose to go 82/mph around tight turn?

It was not a tight turn. It was about a 35-40 degree left hand turn and then crossed I-5.

30mph limit is what I hear.

This is a high speed train. Why would it have a 30 mph curve in it?

I found it on Google earth. The curve is little to nothing!

Jerry Browns high speed train to nowhere has a lot of low speed sections designed into it. Geography or right of way makes the radius too short.

 

[Papageorgio]

As in we need to upgrade out infrastructure to the 21st Century? That is an agenda to be feared? LOL

The bottom line is you don’t give two shits about those that lost their lives today, all you care about is your damn agenda. Politics before lives right fear monger.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

If this had happened in 2005..pelosi would of been calling for the impeachment of President Reagan

That's about Pelosi's speed, since Bush was President then.

 

[Weatherman2020]

It was not a tight turn. It was about a 35-40 degree left hand turn and then crossed I-5.

Yes it was a very tight turn. Almost 90 degrees. You take that at 80mph and you're going to end up in the woods.

Plus it was going backwards. Always hated that decision to allow that.

 

[KissMy]

I’ve done 90 thru Camp Pendleton. Never an issue.

View attachment 166589

Is the train suppose to go 82/mph around tight turn?

It was not a tight turn. It was about a 35-40 degree left hand turn and then crossed I-5.

30mph limit is what I hear.

Yup! GPS showed train going 82/mph & passengers said train did not slow down before derailing. There was no positive train control installed to slow train when engineer gets distracted.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I’ve done 90 thru Camp Pendleton. Never an issue.

View attachment 166589

Is the train suppose to go 82/mph around tight turn?

It was not a tight turn. It was about a 35-40 degree left hand turn and then crossed I-5.

30mph limit is what I hear.

This is a high speed train. Why would it have a 30 mph curve in it?

I found it on Google earth. The curve is little to nothing!

Jerry Browns high speed train to nowhere has a lot of low speed sections designed into it. Geography or right of way makes the radius too short.

You are not reading my posts. Look at Dupont WA on Google earth. Find I-5 and you can see the tracks paralleling I-5 from Tacoma and then crosses over by taking a left hand curve over the Interstate.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Shows why we need more investment in our infrastructure

Our rail infrastructure is among the worst in the free world

We just had 8 years of liberal taking care of it. How many billions did Obama set aside for taking care of infrustructore?

Congress controls spending and dems have only had control 4 out of the past 20 years. Repugs are too busy handing money out to the rich, corporations, and military contractors than to worry about mundane things like infrastructure.

So why didn't the Dems fix it when they had the chance?

The government lovers insist the government intentionally let people get killed.

Not sure if they should be slapped silly for their stupidness or left to run with that position.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

If this had happened in 2005..pelosi would of been calling for the impeachment of President Reagan

That's about Pelosi's speed, since Bush was President then.

i think during the Reagan Years, Pelosi was often complaining about President Lincoln

 

[airplanemechanic]

It was not a tight turn. It was about a 35-40 degree left hand turn and then crossed I-5.

Yes it was a very tight turn. Almost 90 degrees. You take that at 80mph and you're going to end up in the woods.

Plus it was going backwards. Always hated that decision to allow that.

The train wasn't going backwards. It had an engine in the rear of the train that was not under power. The Engine that was powering the locomotive was in the front.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Seriously though, these guys aren't in contact with a dispatcher?

This was a totally avoidable incident.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

This happened because of a lack of funding from the GOP Congress