[PRCo] Re: Amtrack derailment

[Macmarka at cs.com]

In a message dated 4/21/02 10:26:28 PM !!!First Boot!!!, fschnei at supernet.com 
writes:

<<  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."
  >>
       With all the sink holes they find here in Florida, it wouldn't 
surprise me one bit if even a minor sink hole caused the trackage to shift a 
tad. Although they say the tracks had recently been inspected. How recent, I 
don't know.  The engineer stated that he thought he saw a sun kink. That's 
when he applied the brakes. Upper 80's a cool day? Anyway, just my guess that 
the track shifted because of a sink hole. Stay tuned.....                       
                                                                                
            Mark McGuire