Drudge flashback: FBI Warns of Train Derailment Threat; 6 dead as NY bound train derails

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Well we beat em to it. http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/loca...s-cause-train-to-derail-in-cooke-co/26969349/
Drudge is obviously a psychic. He should become a meteorologist.

Wind cause is possible, would be sad coinicidence for NY bound trains.

Philadelphia train may have been hit by projectile before wreck
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The Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia and a separate commuter train in the vicinity may have been hit by projectiles of some kind shortly before the wreck, a U.S. transportation safety official said on Friday, after investigators interviewed members of the Amtrak crew.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/15/us-usa-train-derailment-idUSKBN0NZ18Z20150515


4 dead, 63 injured after NYC-bound Metro-North passenger train derails in Bronx
Published: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 8:12 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-bound-metro-north-passenger-train-derails-bronx-article-1.1533963

Amtrak Crescent train headed to New York derails in South Carolina
The train had 218 passengers and crew members onboard, but no injuries were reported. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Monday, November 25, 2013

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-8gV4DJZUw



I found this video interesting. It is apparently pretty difficult to make a train wreck.

https://archive.org/details/pdfy-jOCT13uKquTMYYvm

Derailment techniques

A primary resistance activity is damaging or destroying locomotives by derailment. To insure the derailment of a modern locomotive it is necessary to remove a length of rail equal to the length of the fixed wheel base of the locomotive. For practical purposes, removal of 20 feet of rail on one side of the track will result in the derailment of any locomotive.

The most effective place to make the cut is on the outside rail on a curve. Where two or more tracks parallel, derailment should be made in such a manner that a train wrecked on the inside track when rounding a curve will tear up and obstruct all the tracks.

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[then you ambush the repair crew and equipment]

There is a special report on the derailment on AJAM now. Will probably replay.

-t

 

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These have good coverage too:
http://docslide.us/documents/62046102-instructors-special-forces-demolition-training-handbook.html

this one has a good section on the topic. The pdf's seem to have been purged from the net, but one link sends you to malware.
http://www.amazon.com/Sabotage-Demolition-Manual-Strategic-Services/dp/0873640055

I probably got on another F'n list just for googling those titles. I own dead tree editions of them.

-t

 

[Uriel999]

https://archive.org/details/pdfy-jOCT13uKquTMYYvm

Derailment techniques

A primary resistance activity is damaging or destroying locomotives by derailment. To insure the derailment of a modern locomotive it is necessary to remove a length of rail equal to the length of the fixed wheel base of the locomotive. For practical purposes, removal of 20 feet of rail on one side of the track will result in the derailment of any locomotive.

The most effective place to make the cut is on the outside rail on a curve. Where two or more tracks parallel, derailment should be made in such a manner that a train wrecked on the inside track when rounding a curve will tear up and obstruct all the tracks.

(...)

[then you ambush the repair crew and equipment]

There is a special report on the derailment on AJAM now. Will probably replay.

-t

Wow, brilliant video. that WW2 tech actually HIGHLY impressed me.

 

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FBI investigates report that projectile hit windshield of Amtrak train moments before it crashed... as it's revealed TWO other trains were also struck minutes apart on the same corridor

• Conductor on derailed train said she overheard Amtrak Train 188 engineer Brandon Bostian report on the radio that his train was hit in the windshield
  
• Moments later, at 9.21pm on Tuesday, the train derailed killing eight
• At 9.05pm Tuesday, a different Amtrack train reported being struck in a window by an unknown object
• At 9.10pm Tuesday, a northbound SEPTA regional rail train reported it had been 'hit by a rock or shot at' in the windshield
• All three incidents happened within a few miles of 30th Street Station along the same stretch of track outside Philadelphia

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An assistant conductor on Amtrak Train 188 has told National Transportation Safety Board investigators she heard Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostain say that his train had been hit by something. Seconds later, the train careened off the tracks.

Crack: The FBI is investigating what could have caused the small, focused crack (pictured lower right) on the windshield of the derailed Amtrak train




Brandon Bostain, the engineer of the Amtrak train, is said to have reported that something hit his windshield moments before the derailment at 9.21pm Tuesday

A SEPTA regional rail train was struck in the windshield about 9.10pm by an unknown object (pictured) Another Amtrak train was also hit that night - just a few miles from the derailment

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-train-hit-object-SEPTA-train-hit-before.html

 

[Uriel999]

well that is interesting.

 

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Fox & Friends interrupts breaking Amtrak news to ask lawyers how to make money off crash
13 May 2015 at 10:03 ET

While rescuers were still searching for survivors after an Amtrak train crashed in Philadelphia, Fox & Friends interrupted their breaking news to ask two lawyers about the financial benefits of suing the government.
The New York-bound trained derailed at around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, killing at least six people. By early Wednesday morning, crews were still searching through the wreckage, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (D) said that officials had not yet been able to account for all of the passengers.ADVERTISEMENTHowever, Fox News host Elisabeth Hasselbeck took time out of coverage of the emergency to wonder about the “legal implications.”

“Amtrak is owned by the government,” she pointed out. “How does that complicate things in terms of what the passengers’ rights to claims are?”
Defense attorney Whitney Boan suggested that passengers and families of the deceased could seek damages from the government, train parts manufacturers, and Amtrak employees.
“The legal implications will become more clear as we find out more about what happened,” she observed.
“What specific claims could passengers be putting forward here?” Hasselbeck asked. “In particularly, the families of the deceased.”
Attorney Eric Guster suggested that families should consider suing for wrongful death and possibly for faulty equipment.
“There is liability somewhere because trains are not supposed to derail,” he added. “But the question is who. Who is to blame?”
Hasselbeck concluded by asking if trains should have seatbelts.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/fox...s-to-ask-lawyers-how-to-make-money-off-crash/

Amtrak Employee Injured in Derailment Files Lawsuit





An Amtrak employee is the first person to file a lawsuit in connection to Tuesday's deadly train derailment. (Published Thursday, May 14, 2015)
Updated at 1:19 AM EDT on Friday, May 15, 2015

An Amtrak employee has filed the first lawsuit in connection to Tuesday’s deadly train derailment that killed eight people and injured over 200 others in Philadelphia.
Phillips, an Amtrak employee, was "deadheading" in one of the rear railcars of Amtrak Regional Train 188 Tuesday night when the derailment occurred, according to the lawsuit. Deadheading is a practice in which a crew member is transported free of charge when they're not working.

• Eight Victims of Deadly Amtrak Crash Identified

During the derailment, Phillips was "violently hurled" inside the railcar and his body was struck several times before he slammed onto the floor, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit states Phillips suffered serious and permanent injuries including brain trauma, multiple contusions and lacerations of the body, multiple orthopedic and neurological issues and emotional trauma.

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Amtrak-Employee-Lawsuit-Derailment-Deadly-303812961.html
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Tim Lake @TimLakeTV


How not to cover a fatal train crash on Twitter.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index....fie_amtrak_crash_tracy_davidson_syracuse.html

 

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[h=1]Amtrak Adding In-Cab Cameras Facing Train Engineers[/h] May 26, 2015 11:21 AM
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — In the wake of the derailment of that Amtrak train in Philadelphia more than two weeks ago, killing eight people and injuring more than 200 others, the rail operator is beginning installation of cameras in locomotives. “These systems will be another tool for Amtrak and industry regulators to monitor locomotive and engineer performance,” the press release reads, in part.
“Inward-facing video cameras will help improve safety and serve as a valuable investigative tool,” Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman comments in the press release.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...s-in-locomotives-following-deadly-derailment/

 

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Is there some news or other agency tracking how many trains have been drailing per year and if this is a new trend or routine?



US | Thu Jul 2, 2015 6:01pm EDT
Thousands evacuated after freight train derails, catches fire, in Tennessee

By Ben Klayman and Suzannah Gonzales

A freight train carrying flammable and toxic gas derailed in eastern Tennessee, igniting a fire in one car and spreading noxious fumes that forced the evacuation of more than 5,000 people and the hospitalization of 25, officials said.

Homes and businesses were evacuated following the derailment around midnight Wednesday of the CSX Corp (CSX.N) train in Blount County, near Maryville, the officials they said.
CSX and U.S. regulators are investigating the derailment's cause. Local officials said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was monitoring air quality in the area.
Twenty-five people were admitted to Blount Memorial Hospital with respiratory issues as of 5:30 p.m. EDT, while another 27 were held for observation in the emergency room at various times, hospital spokesman Josh West said.

"We didn't think we'd be there that long, but now it's starting to look like we may be there for a couple days," he said from the animal center. "We've had trains derail before, but not with chemicals, so it's pretty bad."

Firefighters were allowing the blaze to burn itself out on the advice of specialists, as attempts to extinguish it could be hazardous, Blount County firefighter Kermit Easterling said. CSX said at 3:30 p.m. that the tank car continued to burn, making it unsafe to establish any transfer operations.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/02/us-train-fire-csx-idUSKCN0PC19020150702

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