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Details. the preliminary investigation has told the associated press that something may have been on the track, consistent with how you look at a situation like this, what are some of the things you would look at? >> that is a preliminary report. someone tweeted very early on that he thought they struck up a truck on the track. looking at the devastation is mind-boggling. i dont know exactly -- talking about the speed being 81.5 miles an hour, thats two and a half point difference in track speed...

There. >> this was amtrak 501, electron 6:10, but the time it got to the new station in tacoma, washington, with its last stop before the accident, it was running 30 minutes late. that will have caused the interest to those ntsb investigators, who are on their way there now. we know that about 10 minutes after it left tacoma, that is when it left the track. it was according to website the speeds at 81.1 miles per hour. according to the washington state department of transport, the speed limit on...