[PRCo] Re: Amtrack derailment

[Fred Schneider]

In a post that none of you saw was a response to this from Edson Tennyson, who
was transit management in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and PennDOT.  Ed
remarked that the cause had been given as a sun kink on a cool day.  He then went
on to suggest, "Looks like they really don't know."

Macmarka at cs.com wrote:

> I know this is off topic, but it's all over the local news here in
> Jacksonville, FL. The auto-train derailed around 5:00 PM ET today. Almost 500
> people on board. This happened just south of Palatka, Fl which is about 30
> mi. southwest of Jacksonville. Train was traveling at about 78mph. It was
> heading north. This train consisted of about 40 cars and two engines. Watch
> your local news and stay tuned. I hope nobody on this list has relatives on
> board.
>                                                                         Mark
> McGuire
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