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Chris Walker

December 22, 2017 08:39PM

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guymonmd Wrote:
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> Thanks for posting the link.
> It seems from the report that no effort was made
> to slow the train until 6 seconds before the
> derailment.

Where did you read that?

Inward-facing video with audio captured the crew’s actions and their conversations. A forward-facing video with audio captured conditions in front of the locomotive as well as external sounds.

The crew was not observed to use any personal electronic devices during the timeframe reviewed.

About six seconds prior to the derailment, the engineer made a comment regarding an over speed condition.

The engineer’s actions were consistent with the application of the locomotive’s brakes just before the recording ended. It did not appear the engineer placed the brake handle in emergency-braking mode.

The recording ended as the locomotive was tilting and the crew was bracing for impact.
The final recorded speed of the locomotive was 78 mph.

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NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	guymonmd	December 18, 2017 12:39PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	Jim McKee	December 18, 2017 03:05PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	jim pallow	December 18, 2017 03:46PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	ND Holmes	December 18, 2017 04:00PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	Rader Sidetrack	December 18, 2017 04:03PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	et&wnc	December 18, 2017 04:02PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	guymonmd	December 18, 2017 05:11PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	et&wnc	December 18, 2017 04:26PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	rehunn	December 18, 2017 05:29PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	guymonmd	December 18, 2017 09:37PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	bcp	December 18, 2017 09:46PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	et&wnc	December 19, 2017 08:33AM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	narrowgaugejoe10	December 21, 2017 06:24AM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	jim pallow	December 21, 2017 06:39AM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	rehunn	December 21, 2017 11:15AM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	bcp	December 19, 2017 10:03AM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	et&wnc	December 19, 2017 05:26PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	bcp	December 19, 2017 05:48PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	rehunn	December 19, 2017 06:12PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	narrowgaugejoe10	December 21, 2017 06:18AM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	jim pallow	December 20, 2017 05:18PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	C&TS488fan	December 20, 2017 07:15PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	Brian Norden	December 21, 2017 12:25AM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	et&wnc	December 21, 2017 12:54PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	rehunn	December 21, 2017 01:17PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	WilliamDiehl	December 22, 2017 05:00PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	bcp	December 22, 2017 04:30PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	guymonmd	December 22, 2017 08:10PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	Chris Walker	December 22, 2017 08:39PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	guymonmd	December 23, 2017 07:11AM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	Jim McKee	December 23, 2017 10:34AM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	bcp	December 23, 2017 12:30PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	bcp	December 25, 2017 03:30PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	bcp	January 25, 2018 08:03PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	guymonmd	January 26, 2018 01:05PM
Re: NNG Multiple fatalities in Tacoma WA Amtrak derailment	et&wnc	January 26, 2018 01:26PM
Amtrak P42DC locomotive #181	Zach_Jones	December 24, 2017 11:32PM

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