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The engineer was accelerating as he would, into the piece of track that he was operating on to get up to track speed, which prior to this curve i think was 70 or 80 miles an hour. so when you move the throttle on the locomotive it's not spring loaded so it will stay wherever you place it. there's typically eight notches. on this particular locomotive i assume it's the same case. so this engineer was most likely advancing the power to get the train up to speed. and if all of a sudden there was a large object that hit the windshield of this locomotive at 60 70 80 miles an hour he well could have...

Fbi forensics team to help determine what happened here. you see in the red circle here that white impact mark? well the head of the ntsb believes that that mark came from a projectile that hit the train before the derailment. and now look at this. it may be one of three trains that was struck on tuesday night. erin mclaughlin is following the investigation live from philadelphia. what have you learned this morning, erin? >> well in addition to the windshield you were just describing there, investigators are pointing to another piece of key evidence that suggests some sort of projectile may ha...

Down and even stop a train. congress has mandated that all of the nation's railways have it by the end of 2015 and they have some time. but, you know, i did have some time with amtrak's ceo, and he said to me that, look, we plan on doing this by the end of the year but my question was, why wasn't it done, and yet, his answer was that it is a matter of cost as well as time. it takes time and it is a very complex piece of technology. >> but he also said as you know rene if it were in place, it would not have happened, and eight people wouldn't have died an 200-plus wouldn't have been injured wit...

Possible. since we do not have a camera in the cab and do not know exactly what the actions of the operator were at the time of the event. >> what about just general procedures? are amtrak engineers and employees trained to handle a flying object? would that be part of the training? >> well, they certainly are aware of it. unfortunately, it's -- while it's not a common occurrence, it's something that does occur. and i would imagine an engineer or conductor would be prepared. now, if something hits a windshield, it certainly might have caused the operator to be startled. but we don't know what ...

Treated for that after the accident was he hit by a projectile and incapacitated just as the train was speeding up? this morning new questions about the chain of events tuesday night. minutes before amtrak train 188's derailment, a pennsylvania regional septa train reported it had been hit by a rock or shot at damaging the front windshield. on friday the ntsb said it had also found something unusual on the windshield of the derailed amtrak train. >> we have seen damage to the left-hand lower portion of the amtrak windshield. that we have asked the fbi to come in and look at for us. >> reporter...