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In tack ohm -- tacoma, washington the first day they were providing the service. we are going the pause for one moment now to let our fox stations join us. this is fox news coverage of an amtrak train derailment. im jon scott in new york. this on the 18th of december amtrak was crowing about its new service to the amtrak cascades tacoma dome station and it looks like a terrible train derailment within a mile or so of the new station. you can see an amtrak train left dangling over interstate 5 ri...

From the department of transportation that said they had struck a truck. now how he knew that being back in the train, i dont know unless he got up there and spoke to somebody. but you know, it is unusual if they did strike something that the engine stays on and other cars derailed. there are so many things involved in what took place here. i dont know exactly if that -- what the track speed is right there. it looks like they must have been going at a slower rate of speed, otherwise i believe th...

That i believe tom was speaking of minutes ago. we dont know if it was a portion of new track where the derailment occurred but obviously theres a lot of questions on the first day. the very first train that left on this early service and now theres a derailment with many people injured. >> alex, can you tell us what was the maximum speed they were hitting along this route? they want eed to show off a hig speed train. what speeds did they get up to? >> caller: i dont have that information in fro...

The map here, it appears that it was taking a curve near the eagles pride golf course. out of that curve it goes across i-5. thats the picture you are looking at there. you can see the bridge it was crossing. thats where the derailment happened. what we dont know and what ntsb investigators will be looking at very closely is the speed of the train. now, we do know that on that particular part of track it could reach speeds around the 80 mile-an-hour mark. we dont know at what speed it was travel...

Cancel. >> jon: these cars are very robust liability so that still picture we showed earlier that showed one end of the car still up there, there is the photo, one end of the car still essentially attached to the train and the other dangling down on the tracks you have to imagine that it is similar to a human being jump off that bridge and landing on the concrete below. thats the kind of impact that train car would have had as it hit the highway. >> yeah, the fortunate thing is the one end staye...

The service from seattle to portland have never left this early. they left at 6:00 a.m. we were on that train. among the people on board were a number of rail enthusists and people very interested in being part of what they -- what would be historic ride. >> when you were on the train, were the cars filled and what was the experience of the train. was it a smooth ride. tell us what you can recall. >> reporter: there were several stops along the way. every stop picked up a number of people. there...

Amtrak had a ribbon cutting ceremony for this new station in tacoma and touted the new parts and the upgrades to the track and signals in that area. that ribbon cutting just took place on friday and this, as we understand it, was the inaugural run of a train along that new route. so all of those things potentially very significant in what looks like a very bad crash right now. you can see very clearly one of the carriages hanging off the overpass. it is closed down at the moment. weve seen anoth...

Scene. we just arrived. they are having us move down. were going to try and walk and talk as best we can. we are on the move but right now i can tell you that we are overlooking the scene where this train derailment took place and i have with me now one person who lives nearby. laura. youve lived in the area. tell me what did you hear this morning when this all took place? >> i just woke up and heard a bunch of sirens and noise. it was very, very scary. im so glad i was off work today. just look...

Allows for automatic braking should there will any sort of train to train collision possible or excessive speed or misaligned track. all of that is supposed to have been avoided with positive train control. its going to be a high priority for everybody involved. >> was this upgrading of old track and what kind of equipment? they dont go as fast as they could go. you know better than anyone because the track is so old. how new is this track and how new is the equipment. is it canadian made. >> to...

About the number of injuries resulting from this derailment. they did put out this statement. amtrak is aware of an incident with train 501 cascade service from seattle to portland. emergency services are on the scene and amtrak management is responding. some injuries are reported. the pierce county sheriffs office now says injuries and even casualties are reported. so that is an update over the last couple of minutes. numbers to come on that. john hyatt is a railroad investigator and he joins u...