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Now, it's pretty much all areas you're going to have to determine and want to look at the locomotives to see if any cost is around there. and to look at the stable system to determine what signals each train crew prior to impact. >> and if you're just joining us, we have had a plane crash of the passenger train that was going 188 northeast reek onnal from washington, d.c. up to new york city at about 9:30 this evening. according to reports, about 240 people on board early reports put number of injured around 50. that could change. the latest information from the philly fire department is that ...

The train, rests with the engineer. the conductor is inside the train attending to the passengers. he has the title of being the one in charge of the entire train crew. train doesn't move until the conductor says so but as far as adhering to speed restrictions, wayside signals, the conductor's inside the train and he can't see where he is at at any one particular time. >> i ask that question amtrak their official responsibilities for the conductor and the engineer, it cites radio speed restrictions, so i was trying to understand the checks and balances in place to alert the engineer or remind ...

>> have you had a chance to talk to the engineer. the report is out that he did not comment -- [ inaudible question ] >> have we talked to the engineer, the answer to that is no, but we plan to. this person has gone through a very traumatic event, and we wan to give him an opportunity to convalesce for a day or so before we interview him. that is a high priority for us to interview the train crew right here. >> you talked about 106 miles per hour for the speed. how long did it take -- and progressively getting faster and faster, do you have a timeline for that? >> the question is at what point...

Can occur. throughout the next few days the investigators will work on thoroughly documenting the accident site and gather factual information. we will be doing a more detailed documentation of the rail cars and the scene. we plan to interview the train crew and other personnel. we would like to interview passengers of the train. we will be conducting a site distance test we'll be testing the train control signals, we'll be testing the braking system and a detailed analysis instead of the cursory analysis that i've mentioned earlier of the recorders, we'll be doing a very detailed download and...

You. and once i call on you, please state your name and your outlet. >> [ inaudible ]. have you had a chance to talk to the engineer [ inaudible ] -- >> have we talked to the engineer? the answer to that is no. but we plan to. this person has gone through a very traumatic event. and we want to give him an opportunity to convalesce for a day or so before we interview him. but that's certainly a high priority for us, to interview the train crew. >> tom costello will nbc news. you talked about the 106 miles per hour being the speed. how long did it take him to get up to 106? in other words, had h...