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But we have to corroborate that information with other evidence and factual information. as i said, we'll be looking for information from recorders that can possibly tell us about speed. it could tell us about throttle position or braking. but we have to make sure those recorders were actually working and not damaged because of the accident. we need to look to things like surveillance cameras or people who might be taking photos or video no the vicinity. so all that can be helpful to us. so we take a number of different pieces of information, whether it's witnesses, operators' statements or su...

Contained but there are missing of 40. maybe we have a hint of what happened here. rick, what do we know now? >> this is terrible story. the same weekend of the plane crash investigators are trying to get information from those so-called black boxes. data recorders just as in airplanes they collect information about the train's brakes, throttle position, the speed the train was traveling at the time of the accident. you can see the fireball here. this train was apparently parked unattended when it suddenly started rolling towards the downtown area. the owner of the company, montreal maine and ...

If you have a family member on that train, you think it's worth the dollars. >> rene marsh, thank you very much. i want to bring in the former chairman of the national transportation safety board and now the president of the national safety council. thanks very much for taking the time. we're very happy to have you here. listen, i know it's early. there are certainly no final answers to all of these questions, but you look at the scene of the crash, it happened on a curve. a witness speaking to cnn said the train was going faster than traffic on the highway just prior to the crash and other ex...

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