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So it was speeding.
Our local KOMO News is saying it was a new high speed track that has only been in use by Amtrak for a week or so.
I worked at a Baltimore area hospital in 1987 when the Amtrak collision occurred in Chase, MD. Horrible assortment of injuries put our disaster plan into effect. Luckily, there were a number of hospitals in the area to handle overflow of the most seriously injured.
I was living in NE Baltimore at the time and remember this well.
Democrats already blaiming crumbling roads and bridges and how the Tax cut will prevent these from getting fixed. Forget the fact that this track is brand new, one that replaced an older track.
Early in the morning of April 20th we poured concrete on the train tracks that lead out of the Port of Olympia to block any trains from using the tracks. We took precautions to notify BNSF (the train company) – we called them and we used wires to send a signal that the tracks were blocked. We did this not to avoid damaging a train, nothing would bring bigger grins to our faces, but to avoid the risk of injuring railway workers.This action was done to disrupt the movement of trains carrying proppants used in natural gas fracturing. ...This action and actions like it are quite easy to do yourself. This only took a few hours and a little bit of planning. The hardest part was calming our nerves. Particularly easy was placing wire on the tracks to send a signal to the train company that the tracks were blocked. This action can and has been easily repeated wherever train tracks are. For more info on how to do this check out this explanatory video.
More on Antifa bragging about sabotaging trains at this linkObviously, there's no evidence (yet) of foul play in today's crash, but I hope authorities will cover all the bases in the investigation.
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Don't mean to get out the tin foil, but:
I'm skeptical concrete could derail a train. The things are so heavy I would think they'd cut right through it. Concrete is strong, but it's not "hard" if that makes sense.
in 1994 a train was derailed in Greenock by a block of concrete deliberately placed on the line, killing the driver and a passengerhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/may/12/transport.byers