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Those temperatures, all steel, will expand under heat and if theres not a proper neutral rail temperature when that track was laid the track has the tendency to buckle. it cant go left or right, it can raise out of the rail bed and literally flip-flop into an "s" shape. >> something that happened in 1988 this isnt something that we hear about every day, from your professional opinion, how unusual is something like this that were reporting on this morning in. >> relatively unusual, although track...

In the inner city or amtrak, they really have a problem with their budgets. >> i assume the ntsb officials who head out to washington state will be looking at this fact that today was the first day of this new run. the first day of amtrak 501. what they call cascade service from seattle to portland. what does that say to you that today was day one in. >> they have to go back and look very carefully at the work done upgrading the a rails to allow for this 79 mile an hour speed. you mead to make s...

Hi he approached him. he did a courageous and brave act of police and as the governor said, we have commended him and i couldnt be prouder of him. >> -- 22-mile radius lock down tight yesterday, how did sweat get so far from that area? >> you know, youve been around here for three weeks like we have. the terrain is so dense you cant see five feet in front of you so i mean, if you stayed in the treeline, you know, use something as a guide whether it was a road or a rail bed or anything else, you ...

>> they are owned by the freight companies? >> incredibly dangerous. >> they are owned -- >> theyre the priority. >> they get priority, what were talking about the implementation of something like positive train control, that has to be done with the tracks, which the private companies have to do, amtrak cant do that by themselves. >> absolutely not. absolutely not. >> and, you know, i dont blame amtrak. first of all, our rail bed from boston to washington is so bad because its curved everywhere,...

>> they get priority what were talking about, the implementation of something like positive train control, that has to be done with the tracks which the private companies have to do amtrak cant do that by themselves. >> absolutely not. absolutely not. >> and, you know i dont blame amtrak. first of all, our rail bed from boston to washington is so bad because its curved everywhere curves are inherently dangerous when youre going any significant speed. to give you an example, the acela can go 150 ...

Implementation of something like positive train control, that has to be done with the tracks, which the private companies have to do, amtrak cant do that by themselves. >> absolutely not. absolutely not. >> and, you know, i dont blame amtrak. first of all, our rail bed from boston to washington is so bad because its curved everywhere, curves are inherently dangerous when youre going any significant speed. to give you an example, the acela can go 150 miles an hour on a straightaway. but from bost...

Worst, the people who are fearing better than others. they know you who to help out. when these types of. >> you can see a lot of folks being treated right there at the scene, until they can stabilize them. move them off the rail bed then and down to ambulances in that area. its a difficult area to see whats going on a little bit familiar with that area. ive taken the train in that area back and forth. you know that area right there, its kind of desolate right through that zone in there, its a t...

Tray on the other side of the bay just like norm commuters except theyre pigeons. but when you ride that train ride to the rockaways, what you find when you get there miraculously are beaches, new york citys beaches where you can swim and surf on a real beach with real waves and lifeguards and everything. you can chase your mom around the sand. the rockaways are a miraculous urban thing and they belong to the people of new york, to the people of new york who live there and to the one whos hop on...

Have learned to ride the a-train so they dont have to fly across the bay. they get on the train on one side of the bay, ride the train and get off on the other side, just like normal commuters, except their pigeons. when you ride that train right out over the bay to the rockaways, when you get there, what you find, miraculously, are beaches. new york citys beaches where you can swim and surf on a real beach with real waves and lifeguards and everything. you can chase your mom around the sand. th...