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They dont know what causesed the train to accelerate and double the speet limitd limit minutes before the crash and speaking of rail equipment, the federal railroad association today ordering amtrak to really heighten all of their safety in the northeast corridor. their busiest section in the country. theyve ordered amtrak to ensure automatic speed control systems, those technology that automatically stop as train from speeding on curves be installed on all northbound trains. the sad irony here ...

This point. >> hopefully in the next few days. and memory loss is not unusual but it does usually come back. so, we think even if he doesnt remember going into the event, just having the opportunity to talk to him about how he approached his job, his level of professionalism, his fatigue levels things like that are all going to be helpful regardless of how we cut it. >> you mentioned that the train went from 70 mile-per-hour to over 100 mile-per-hour seconds before the crash. >> certainly thats ...

Agreed to speak with investigators but he may not be able to tell them much at least not now. we also read things he wrote regarding safety guide lines. and whether it will help investigators solve what appears to be a mystery crash appears to be seen. and video from a nearby towing company. but you can see sparks p. and we know more about the speed the train was traveling and how quickly it accelerated before the crash. its 50 mile-per-hour at the yurv it derailed. and video from inside the cab...

The wreckage. and also the mayor said all 243 people that were on the train are now accounted fors a investigators try to piece together why it train was going twice the speed limit. and they want to speak to the engineer brandon bostian, theres just one problem. his lawyer said he doesnt remember the crash at all. >> he has no recollection whatsoever of the events. im told that his memory is likely to return as the concussion symptoms subside. he does not deploying the emergency break. we know ...

In northern new jersey. >> i like ataking the train. >> reporter: he likes to talk to his wife amy on it phone to say hi to check on their children. it just so happens he was on the phone with her when the train went off the tracks. >> the thought crossed my find the say i think were going to crash but i wasnt able to say it. what it was that i said or came out of my mouth at that moment i dont remember it might have been oh my god or oh no. the sensation was that i was airborne somehow and land...

Errors it should get rid of the problem of work crews getting run into by trains out there and more importantly, it should stop the problem of a train go nothing to an intersection or a turn too fast and simply coming off the tracks derailing, all of that should be stopped. important to note if you put all of this into place, its still only going to get rid of 2% of the collisions and derailments involving trains every year. this is an important 2% because it should include all those catastrophi...

He was doing 106 and we need to find out why that was the case. >> i understand you were not able to find any irregial airties in the breaks or the train. beyond human error, what else are the possibilities? >> great question and we have yet to conduct the bring a examination of the train. we will be doing that in the coming days. just the cars have now -- all the cars have now been recovered. the rail cars. so we will be doing that. but generally, anderson in an investigation like this were loo...

Today in milwaukee, an amtrak train carrying diesel fuel and dozens of passengers derailed and thankfully nobody was hurt. and also another train derailed today. and tonight, were learning how much worse the philadelphia train derailment could have been. it skidded and crashed into a rail yard fill would tanker cards. you can see how close it came to carrying them. they were told they were empty on tuesday but theyre often filled with explosive liquids. all of this with the threat from "bomb tra...

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Information of where the train is at any given moment. and it passes on information about switches and passes and other trains and you can combine that into control stations on the ground and put into one simple graphic showing the engineer how fast he must get on the brake ss and if the engineer does not do that then all of the information through the compoourtcom computer system will take over the train and even stop it to avoid a problem. thats the positive side of it. theres actually congres...