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>> mere seconds into the turn, we could see the train tilting approximately 10 degrees to the right. and then the recording went blank. >> the ntsb still has not interviewed the engineer. 32-year-old brandon bostian whose attorney says he is banged up and has little memory of the accident or why the train was traveling at 106 miles an hour, twice the speed limit. >> i believe as a result of the concussion he has absolutely no recollection whatsoever of the events. i'm told that his memory is likely to return as the concussion symptoms subside. >> bostian was in the cab in the front of this hi-...

The locomotive itself. this is the train brake. this controls the brakes on the train itself. the headlight switch is here. and this is the belt switch. then the horn right here. >> okay. now that you've been to through that let me back you up to the first thing i think you pointed out, the accelerator. now that we know this train did accelerate, i want you to show me exactly how one would accelerate a train. we're trying to figure out how this could have happened going there this curve. >> so in order to accelerate a train, you'd have to physically open the throttle out like so. during accele...

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