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What part of the line you're on. i wonder, that notwithstanding, did it feel like the train was going really fast? >> you know, i don't know that i can tell you the difference between going 70 miles an hour or 120 miles an hour in a a train car. but what i will say is that we went around that curve, it felt almost as if you were in a car that took a curve a little too fast and your body moves just a little too uncomfortably. everything happened so so quickly, that i doubt that there was any room to make up for this really tragic mistake. and hearing in retrospect now that the train was traveli...

Conference with the ntsb. we may find out some preliminary information. maybe how fast the train was going. maybe some other superficial -- what we call parameters that they found out from preliminary investigation of the scene. but don't expect any firm answers as to why this happened for at least another few weeks, possibly a month or two. >> adam reiss, thanks for that update. joining me now is former ntsb board member kitty higgins. kitty, we're hearing that the section of the track had a 50-mile-per-hour speed limit. that the train was, from initial reports, going at over 100 miles per ho...

We had not heard any intelligence that there were. can we confirm that? >> that question did come up. there were no children admitted here to temple university hospital. and we still don't have that full manifest as you know. so we don't know if there were children onboard the train, but there were certainly no children that were admitted here and there are no minors among those who were admitted at this hospital. there's expected to be upwards of six or seven people who may be released tonight. many of the injuries they're seeing are compound fractures, chest fractures, some lung injuries. no...

Navy midshipman on leave. the crash occurred along the nation's busiest rail corridor with more than 2,000 trains every day. amtrak has modified its schedule with service shut down entirely between new york and philadelphia for what may be days to come. joining me now from near the crash side is msnbc's adam reese. thanks for joining me. we're hearing this preliminary data from the ntsb that the train was traveling over 100 miles per hour. what is the latest on the developing story? >> reporter: they won't confirm that, but they are telling us they are working on two parallel tracks. we know w...

That will be very instrumental in telling them exactly how fast the train was going, when the bricks were applied, when the throttle was applied. maybe some other conditions surrounding the train. there's also a video camera in the cab of the train, and that will provide video. they just released video of the investigators on the scene, but this is actually inside the cab and may be a perspective of the engineer as he went down the track. speaking of the engineer he was injured. he's in the hospital. but he has been interviewed by the philadelphia police department. alex? >> do we have any mor...