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That you have with a lot of these stories is they get reported in the media as the technical detail is complicated for people who dont go the word. automatic train control stands for atc. it has existed for almost a hundred years and is implemented on almost every locomotive that operates in the northeast corridor. when they use this terminology in this situation, they are talking about a very specific implementation of that similar to what exists in that same location for a westbound movement. ...

Northeast corridor its so common getting hit by projectiles, that he actually protect themselves with armor in the front window. listen to robert sum walt of the ntsb. >> we are investigating the accident and have asked the fbi to come in and provide technical expertise to help us resolve and figure out what was a particular damage pattern on one of the windshields. were investigating it at this point and asked hem to help us identify that fracture pattern. >> whether or not this was the cause o...

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But in a area that is eight miles long that he should have been doing 50 miles an hour or less he got up to 106 miles an hour and two to three seconds prior to hitting that curve, he did hit the emergency brake, but it only slowed the train down about three miles an hour. >> congressman denim, thank you very much. we look forward to answers especially for all of those families. such a tragedy. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> kelly? the new england patriots arent taking their medicine...

Similar type accident and they should have had positive train control there at that time. they do now. we cant continue to wait until theres an accident before we put the mandates that congress has put in place. >> what more do you know about the amtrak engineer? he apparently has been extremely cooperative, he has smichted blood submitted blood test answering as many questions as he possibly can. unfortunately, he just doesnt remember the actual accident. he doesnt remember taking the train up ...

Five days after eight people were killed in a horrific amtrak train derailment 21 people remain in the hospital some of them critically injured. today the federal railroad administration is demanding urgent changes. this afternoon it ordered amtrak to make several immediate modifications to its trains to prevent a similar tragedy. erin mclaughlin has the details. >> reporter: poppy, were just hearing from the federal railroad administration that they are instructing amtrak to take a number of st...

Windshields and what was the impact of it? >> incredible. i have been reading reports in the past that in this exact same section of the track, that people had been known to throw rocks at trains in this particular section of the route. have you heard of that? >> no. i havent heard of it but we are still very focused on the fact that this train was going 106 miles an hour. well over double what is rated during that section. >> right. >> and we have concerns that theres either human or mechanical...

Like automatic train control that would have slowed down the train if excessive speed was responsible and this kind of commitment is no longer a luxury or convenience if its a necessity. >> some lawmakers have suggested that amtrak should be privatized and shouldnt be subsidized by the government any longer. is this the time to explore that seriously? >> amtrak is a public investment. and it is in the public interest of abandoning that public responsibility in my view would be rep rerehensible a...

Obviously were waiting to get more details here, but the initial report is that the conductor was in a 49-mile-per-hour area and he may have been going at least 118. one would think that there would be safety measures in place that would prevent someone from being able to approach that type of speed, especially on a curve. >> no, well, theres not what is known as automatic train control here. oddly enough, on a stretch of tracks before that where they were going about 115 miles an hour, there wa...