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All of those will be investigated thoroughly. >> the fact that there was an accident close to this location, does that set off warning bells to you? >> oh, yes. yes. the ntsb will focus in on that, definitely, for track condition and geometry. >> in the curve, this went from 70 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour along this curve. it is one of the sharpest curves in the system. is it possible that it's just asking too much, do they have to perhaps look at the rules and regulations managing how trains go around a curve like this? >> well, there is a formula that's used and that's why the speed ...

Applying the brakes very late in the game, that seems to be a recipe for danger. >> no question about it. trains don't stop very quickly. you put the brakes on now and you stop quite a distance down the track. so putting the brakes on that late brake application coming six seconds or five seconds prior to the locomotive coming to a stop, that's way too late. so now the focus is going to be on what the operator was doing, was he on his cell phone, which we find often to be a factor in these types of accidents, or if there was other mechanical failure where he called for the application of brake...