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Around that curve at what appears to be an excessive speed. the speed should have been about 50 miles an hour when the indications are it was doing at least twice that speed. jenna: and so you say one of the things, you know, we dont have high-speed rail in our country the same way that its built in europe. and one of the things that you have some questions about is something called a european train control system. what is that and why does it matter? >> well, its a european system that replaces...

Using safety technology designed to automatically stop a train from speeding when the deadly derailment occurred. >> track 501, emergency, emergency, emergency. we are on the ground. >> is everybody okay? >> im still figuring that out. weve got cars everywhere. down on to the highway. >> reporter: authorities say the target date to have the safety technology, the positive train control system working spring of next year. mayor of a nearby town expressing separate concerns about the safety of the...

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Stop train. would there have been a warning? back on the left side, the positive train control system that will warn of speed violations and even stop a train, but that system is not on the tracks where amtrak 188 derailed. you think at 80 miles an hour, this train could have actually made this, but at 106 it couldnt? >> i dont think so. this corner itself would have a capability of having a train be able to go around it, it would be rough at 80 miles an hour. but it cannot go higher than that. ...

Included and folded into the investigation. however, that certainly does not negate the facts, steve, that a positive train control system would have prevented -- slowed this train down, regardless of any type of human error or that could have resulted in the acceleration of the train going into the serve. >> when you start seeing the talk and the reports of the projectiles, the possibility of sabotage, of something intentional here from somebody not on the train is at least raised. what do you ...