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About brandon bostonian, he was online ranting about the rail industry and the safety in the rail industry saying why dont they prevent this type of tragedy. he even talked about human error. i wish the railroads had been proactive from the get-go. the reality is theyve had nearly 100 years of opportunity to implicate some sort of system to prevent human error but with a few notable exceptions have failed to do so. it doesnt mean anything but it does stand out that this was a guy who was obsesse...

>> reporter: the chief of safety on britains rail network says its led to a system rolled out in high-risk areas across the country. >> it was deemed the technology was available to overcome human error. >> reporter: its called the train protection warning system. its located in areas where speed is dangerous. a warning alarm sounds. if the driver fails to slow down, it triggers the brakes. its specific purpose is to prevent accidents like this weeks derailment in philadelphia. that train was tr...

Trains abegan to roll. >> there is a danger if there is a derailment in the heart of my town and there is a breach of those train cars there can be a plume of flame high into the sky, and if cars rupture and oil burns, there will be a lot of destruction in the center of town. >> the government so far demands better tank cars sturdier newer, supposedly less prone to explode. the cars that exploded in west virginia were new. they still burst open and erupted in flames. the head of the safety admin...

Was it a throttle it was human error? she is not even focused on that right now, as you can imagine. she is solely trying to focus on her children her family the folks at the associated press even set up a scholarship fund for -- >> the kids. i was gonna ask you. 11-year-old and 16-year-old? >> olivers 16 anushka, 11 set up a scholarship fund for them. and one of the stories that she was able to tell me really gives you a sense of who this man was, she talked about thanksgiving. she said he woul...

Crash. an automatic braking system wasnt installed on the treach of rail where the in the dent occurred. the technology is to be in place by end of 2015. u.k. rails are operating a lower tech version of the automatic blakes. phil black explains how they work. >> reporter: west london, september 1997. a passenger train and freight train collide killing seven, injuring more than 100. two years later, another collision. involving a passenger train in london kills 31 people. these accidents refocuse...

Independently confirmed with this information but we have seen damage to the left-hand lower portion of the amtrak windshield that we have asked the fbi to come in and look at for us. >> joining me now former chairman of the ntsb, jim hall. jim, with a welcome to you, what do you make of this report that perhaps something hit the trains windshield before the crash? >> well, alex, its another piece of information, important, obviously, to the investigation. but it does not negate the fact that po...

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...

Blow to the namfamilies when they hear that. and there are a number of posts that appear to be by brandon bostian that call for this speed technology. one says "i wish the railroads would have been more proactive from the get go. and the reality is theyve had over 100 years of opportunity to implement some sort of system to mitigate human error." what is the latest on the investigation? where do things stand now? >> well the good news is anderson is that the engineer has agreed to be interviewed...

>> theres two types of restrictions. one hes handed the day he leave the station and the other is a timetable that gives him the speed limit just like you would with a car. he would have lost his bearings. but it would have been strange if he had been an engineer that long. the qualification process is very detailed. he rides with another engineer until he demonstrates pro proficiency. >> if the train wreck was not human error, why was the train accelerating so quickly moments before the crash. ...

Previous 80 years, the railroad could have voluntarily implemented some form of this technology on the line and instead, it took an act of congress to get them to do it. the reality is theyve had nearly 100 years to mitigate a system human error but with few notable exceptions have failed to do so." he knew about safety systems. this was not a reckless guy. >> im wondering if that speaks to the frustration of people inside of amtrak perhaps. >> i think this is a lot of things that will come out ...