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Conductor at the time of the derailment was not in control of the train. he was in the passenger section, not in the cab and an engineer and a conductor trainee was in the cab. the engineer is still allowed to operate the train. the engineer though, did not hit the emergency brake. investigators have recovered both of the black boxes in the front and the rear of the train. they also are very curious about looking at the cameras, especially the one inside the cab to see what the engineer and the conductor trainee were doing right before the derailment. >> all right. thank you. caught on body ...

The time of the accident. we know the engineer was in there as well as a conductor who was getting familiar with the terrain, is what they're saying. the conductor, who was working that train, was in the passenger section of the train. we also know that all of the crew members have been hospitalized after this derailment and that's why it's taking longer for them to interview those crew members. they also said they were able to remove the cameras facing into the cab and also facing forward in front of the train but they were badly damaged so they've sent those two cameras back to d.c., the nts...

Lead conductor was in the passenger section not in the cab. instead the engineer and a conductor in training were in the cab. the engineer still allowed to operate the train. >> under amtrak policy he couldn't operate the train unless he was qualified and familiar with this territory. so the answer would be yes, within the preefs two weeks he'd been qualified to operate on the territory. >> reporter: but the ntsb says the crew did not hit the emergency break before the derailment. it was automatically saactivate. but still no answer why on its very first run at a new passenger route the train ...