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Particular section of the track appears to be very straight, not congested, no other areas where surface traffic crosses the train tracks, which is literally the cause of the majority of train crashes in the united states. the desolation is both, you know, a problem for the investigation, in terms of logistics and a problem for the investigation as they scratch their heads and say, why here? when we don't have the usual compounding factors. >> right. mary, you mentioned earlier that amtrak and i think pete brought this up as well, amtrak doesn't actually own the rails that this train was trave...

Versed in knowing what the common causes of a train derailment are, what do you make of the scene and what could have happened? >> pete made a lot of great points the number one cause for train derailments or accidents is other traffic, surface traffic crossing the track. here that doesn't appear to be the case at all. the second most likely cause is always speed, but often speed going into a curve or some part of the track where speed is limited, just as pete mentioned. here again, the reports are it was on the straight way, that they were not approaching a curve, and then taking a lesson fro...