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Amtrak Train May Have Been Struck Before It Derailed, Officials Say
New Yoirk Times ^ | May 15, 2015 | DAVE PHILIPPS and EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS

Posted on 05/15/2015 4:20:44 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey

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To: EEGator

Maybe not double but some factor in the higher chance direction.


41 posted on 05/15/2015 4:42:32 PM PDT by soycd
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To: Ingtar

it sure wouldnt be the rock!


42 posted on 05/15/2015 4:44:00 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: rdl6989

That’s kind of flying loose with the term “engineer”.

He’s a cashier from target.

Or as Seinfeld woulda said, “You’re rejecting me? You’re a cahsier!”


43 posted on 05/15/2015 4:44:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Isn’t there a pic of him with the train routes in the background (gotnews.com)? If he was knowledgeable of route, he would KNOW there was a curve there even if trying to ‘escape’ something. How long was he on this particular ‘beat’?


44 posted on 05/15/2015 4:45:09 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: cripplecreek
Kids throw crap at trains all the time.

Wow! In my time we threw eggs. ;>

45 posted on 05/15/2015 4:45:56 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Alberta's Child

You should watch CNN. They are building up the engineer’s image as a hero who was very concerned about the very same accident that occurred. They are saying that this was his dream job and he is totally devastated that this happened. Why are they building him up so much like this? From the start of the reporting they have been building him up to be a hero and an angel. This is deliberate and why are they doing it? Is it because he is gay? Or is it because he is gay and may be found guilty of negligence? Something fishy here.


46 posted on 05/15/2015 4:46:54 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: US_MilitaryRules

how is it that this was already reported.....sort of fell off the radar and now..being reported ..by “officials”

was it a planted rumor...that was aired for examination by a very large FOCUS GROUP..of “news” “consumers”..and was found to be SALEABLE? I have to wonder


47 posted on 05/15/2015 4:46:57 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: roadcat

Crap sticks better.


48 posted on 05/15/2015 4:47:53 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Yes, they’ve been blocking the anti-projectiles-hitting-amtrack-windshields bill by attaching tax cuts for the rich.....


49 posted on 05/15/2015 4:48:13 PM PDT by clintonh8r (ISIS IS ISlam/Christian lives matter!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Id suspect hed been down that route several times or we would have heard about his “unfamiliarty” with the layout of the route..


50 posted on 05/15/2015 4:48:18 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Yeah, how does one go from operating a cash register at Target to driving an Amtrak train?


51 posted on 05/15/2015 4:48:21 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: GilGil

NYT and UK Daily Mail did the same thing.


52 posted on 05/15/2015 4:48:44 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: Secret Agent Man

That was a decade ago while in college.

Are you what you did as a job during college?


53 posted on 05/15/2015 4:49:05 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: MeshugeMikey

“AT THIS POINT, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE!!”


54 posted on 05/15/2015 4:49:08 PM PDT by Gritty (The more we submit to violent jihadi intimidation, the more we are going to get-Robert Spencer)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Maybe he was bored of the route, and was just trying a new short cut, or so he thought.


55 posted on 05/15/2015 4:50:26 PM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: matt1234

Oddly there were alleged unconfirmed reports coming form others about this projectile..even before we “learned” of his “sexual oreintation”.

he clamed up so the excuses could be “studied” to see what would sell. maybe


56 posted on 05/15/2015 4:50:27 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: matt1234

Oddly there were alleged unconfirmed reports coming form others about this projectile..even before we “learned” of his “sexual oreintation”.

he clamed up so the excuses could be “studied” to see what would sell. maybe


57 posted on 05/15/2015 4:50:27 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: C210N

a San Francisco transplant....might..have tried such a stunt....


58 posted on 05/15/2015 4:51:07 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: soycd

Maybe in the direction of travel, but at double the speed, it “stays” in a location 1/2 the time. So a stationary person throwing something might have a better chance at hitting the slower lead car.


59 posted on 05/15/2015 4:52:27 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Yeah, I worked in my field during college.


60 posted on 05/15/2015 4:53:16 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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