It looks the train takes 4 seconds to pass the camera. 7 car train at 85 feet per car works out to 90mph.
To: outpostinmass2
2 posted on
05/13/2015 8:21:31 AM PDT by
Las Vegas Ron
("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
To: outpostinmass2
The speed limit on that curve is for 50 mph. That train on that video was doing well in excess of that speed.
3 posted on
05/13/2015 8:24:52 AM PDT by
TMA62
(Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
To: outpostinmass2
Prayers for all those people and their families.
5 posted on
05/13/2015 8:27:17 AM PDT by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: outpostinmass2
He was hooked up that is for sure. Obviously way too fast for the curve.
Let’s see, pick one:
union driver
fell asleep
drinking
dope smoker
texting
sexting
and they will say the system is antiquated and needs to be modernized.
6 posted on
05/13/2015 8:29:55 AM PDT by
biff
(Et Tu Boeh-ner)
To: outpostinmass2
“It looks the train takes 4 seconds to pass the camera. 7 car train at 85 feet per car works out to 90mph. “
Closer to five seconds but still 80 mph.
To: outpostinmass2
Not to be mean, but this is the internet, so I guess I will.
A government train, from DC, to NYC, crashes in the dirty hellhole of Philly. I must be upset about this. I’m sure I must be,,,,
24 posted on
05/13/2015 9:48:50 AM PDT by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: outpostinmass2
27 posted on
05/13/2015 9:55:05 AM PDT by
Leep
("Soon you won't be able to live in America as a Muslim. The noose is tightening," Elton Simpson)
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