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Divers recovered the train's event recorder from the bayou, which is like an airline's flight data recorder. the tape revealed the train was traveling at 72 miles per hour and there was no brake application. whatever caused the crash, the engineer never saw it. investigators also discovered the signals on the track were green. >> the signals are controlled by a current that goes through the rail, and if the rail breaks, the signal will immediately turn red. so, the signal didn't turn red. >> the bridge was originally built in three sections. the southern section was a 165-foot steel truss brid...

And there was no brake application. whatever caused the crash, the engineer never saw it. investigators also discovered the signals on the track were green. >> the signals are controlled by a current that goes through the rail, and if the rail breaks, the signal will immediately turn red. so the signal didn't turn red. >> the bridge was originally built in three sections. the southern section was a 165-foot steel truss bridge. the center section, a single 140-foot steel girder, was originally designed to pivot so river traffic could pass through. the northern section was simply 192 feet of tra...

The rnc says they have a backup plan should it take land. during the rnc. >> and i know how to say antilles, i worked in new orleans for ten years and covered tropical hurricanes. and familiar with the track. indeed. more weather news, heavy rain is just what the mississippi river needs right now as the extreme drought across the country brings water levels in the mighty mississippi to historic lows. a stretch of the river has been reopened. but only to lighter boats. more than 100 barges and towboats, though, are waiting to pass through. abc's steve osunsami has the latest. >> reporter: the h...

Since the 1940s. outside memphis, they were racing to remove a car that poked out of the shrinking waters and was blocking river traffic. it had been quietly sitting on the river bottom for years. there its a lot at stake here. this river is the nation's artery of commerce. and the goods on these barges alone could fill more than 700 semi trucks and they're just sitting here. more than 500 tons of grain, coal and other goods move across the river every year. which means that every day products could soon cost families more. each day traffic stops, the u.s. economy loses $300 million. so they'r...

An 11-mile stretch of the mississippi river remains closed this morning as water levels there dip to their lowest in nearly 25 years. about 100 boats and barges are now waiting for passage near greenville, mississippi. parts of the river have had intermittent closures since a vessel ran aground ten days ago. dredging is keeping river traffic flowing along cities like memphis. >> they're having to go to a lighter draft, we have been able to keep the channel open and keep the industry running. >> the guy should do radio, huh. nice. shippers are complaining the shallow river is forcing them to li...