Wheel Broke News Today

Is a primary rail line there in the state of washington. so it gets a lot of attention. also, the cars are -- on the train are regularly inspected. there are inspection devices that check for cracks in wheels and so on to prevent this particular thing from happening. >> so it would be strange if the -- excuse me -- if the track was broken, it would be very strange it wouldnt be picked up? i mean, if a wheel broke, a wheel breaks real time, you couldnt predict that beforehand. but if the track wa...

Us. >> the wheels the train wheels went off the track. and it could be because of a defective rail. it could have been because a wheel broke. metal fatigue sometimes causes these problems. >> that is one of the many things ntsb is going to have to investigate we want to get more input now from another expert who is a railroad safety consultant. were going to go to him i just want to update our viewers. it is about two hours now since weve heard that this passenger train had detailed. amtrak trai...