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Previous july derail. where ten garbage freight cars flipped on their sides. >> we dont foe what the train speed was. we will learn that from the vehicle event recorders. >>. >> reporter: this is the second derail. in month, this train derailed in bridge port, connecticut. it was hit by a westbound train. 76 people were injured. sundays crash eerily similar from the train that killed in northwestern spain killing 79 passengers. in that crash the train was approaching a sharp turn. security video...

With new details is anna kooiman. anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. ntsb is on the scene, investigators around me actually at the moment. they say theyll be here for up to ten days. we should find out soon because they have recovered the black box which tells the speed of the train. did the conductor actually try to hit the brakes? we will find that information out. also at the center of the investigation is the bend in the tracks. the speed limit is 30 miles an hour for that...

>> reporter: investigators will also be looking at the train speed. they expect to be out here for the next seven to ten days. obviously, service is disrupted on this part of metro norths hudson line this morning. buses are being brought in to help with the commute. >> no doubt. thousands and thousands of people will have their commute disrupted this morning but the focus is on this accident and what caused it. alexander, any history of other problems on tracks anywhere near this location? >> re...

>> by the time i looked up it was completely going off its track and there was the rubble flying at my face. >> reporter: only 1700 feet away from a previous july derailment where ten garbage freight cars flipped on their sides. >> we dont know what the train speed was. we will learn that from the vehicle event recorders. >> reporter: this is the second passenger train derailment in six months for metro north. in may, an eastbound train derailed in bridgeport, connecticut, and was hit by a westb...

Anything they need. when they are finished with their investigation we will proceed accordingly. thank you. >> the name of the operator? >> governor --. >> governor --. >> the questions are still being shouted at the news conference with governor cuomo. did i hear another question? >> the curve speed limit is 30 miles per hour at that curve. there is a 70 miles per hour zone just ahead of it, a 75 zone ahead of that. we do not know what the train speed was. we will learn that from the vehicle ev...

And reached a top speed of 210 kilometres an hour. witness history spoke to one of the train�*s first drivers. it looks like a bullet, this super express that thrusts aside all existing ideas on train speed. it runs on rail links a mile long on which it has reached 150 miles an hour on a trial run. even then it was not flat out. translation: nobody had ever gone that fast, - maybe on a plane taking off but no one had ever experienced it on land. it was just incredible, i cant explain it. well,...

Witness history spoke to one of the train�*s first drivers. it looks like a bullet, this super express that thrusts aside all existing ideas on train speed. it runs on rail links a mile long on which it has reached 150 miles an hour on a trial run. even then it was not flat out. translation: nobody had ever gone that fast, - maybe on a plane taking off but no one had ever experienced it on land. it was just incredible, i cant explain it. well, when i got a job at japan railways, it was sort of...

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