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Stop, but he s required by regulations to sound his bell. i may have said horn. he s required to sound his bell as he goes through past a station stop and he did that. he recalled doing that. but he has no recollection of anything past that. reporter: the ntsb is not ready to draw any conclusions based on what they found so far. they will reassemble the train to inspect it. amtrak says they hope to have limited service by monday full service by tuesday. adam, so the area in which the accept take oig train and acela express train were allegedly hit by something, is that the same area pretty much where the derailed train with such the tragic consequences is it the same area in which that happened? reporter: it appears to be the same area. it appears to be some what have a pattern. two windows were hit and on the acela, it appears a passenger ....
Assistant conductor on the amtrak train believes she heard the engineers oftt trains discussing the projectile in a radio transmission but she couldn t be sure of that recollection. al the ntsb says it is looking at video footage from both trains for any sign of a projectile and they ll bringing thin five. they have now interviewed the engineer of the train. he told him he was not tired before the crash. he wasn t sick wasn t on his cell phone. he told them he can t remember anything about the crash itself. he recalls ringing the train bell as he went through the north philadelphia station. that s not a normal station stop for him. but he s required by regulations to sound his bell. i may have said horn. he s required to sound his bell as he goes through past a ....
Amtrak engineer brandon bostian say the train was struck by something just minutes before it jumped the rails. bostn talked to ntsb officials friday who say he was extremely cooperative. reporter: a potentially crucial piece in figuring out the causes of tuesday s train crash, locomotive engineer brandon bostian speaking to ntsb investigators today. he s required to sound his bell as he goes past the station stop and he did that. he recalled doing that. but he has no recollection of anything past that. reporter: investigators say right before the crash, amtrak train 188 accelerated until it was doing over 100 miles an hour. the ntsb is examining all potential causes from human factors to mechanical to environmental. so far investigators found no trouble with the track, the signals they tested or the train s maintenance records. they re studying the locomotive and cars and videos and witness ....
These crew members have been traumatized through this accident they were in. and they ve not fully recovered from their injuries. we did interview the engineer today. as been widely reported he s 32 years old. he had his fra federal railroad administration required physical just last month. our investigators found the engineer to be extremely cooperative. he was accompanied by his lawyer, which is not at all unusual. and the engineer encouraged us to contact him further. again, contact him again if we needed anything else. so again, we found him to be extremely cooperative. he recalls ringing the train bell as he went through the north philadelphia station. that s not a normal station stop for him, but he s required by ....
Regulations to sound his bell. i may have said horn. he s required to sound his bell as he goes through past the station stop. and he did that. he recalled doing that. but he has no recollection of anything past that. he felt fully qualified and comfortable with his equipment. and he reported no problems with his train handling. and when asked, he demonstrated a very good knowledge of very good working knowledge of the territory. speed limitations, things like that. he began his railroad career while he was in college. he started with amtrak in 2006 as a conductor. and in 2010, he became a locomotive engineer. since 2012 he has worked out of ....