Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
Author: John Bruce
Date: 02-04-2018 - 08:36
It does seem to me that without waiting for the NTSB, we can rely on news reports that the CSX train was atopped, with no crew on board, and the dead were Amtrak employees. This is backed up by photographic evidence that the cab on the CSX lead unit was completely squashed, so if the crew had been on board they likely would not have survived. I assume that either the CSX train was left without a crew and just standing, or the CSX crew saw what was coming and bailed. So as far as I can see, this was a dispatching error of some sort or an Amtrrak crew error. News reports say this was on a siding, which might have been uncircuited, but in that case, the Amtrak crew should have approached the CSX train at restricted speed, as far as I understand this.
Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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Graham Buxton |
02-04-2018 - 04:55 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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Retired RR |
02-04-2018 - 05:01 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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Old Crow |
02-04-2018 - 06:29 |
What's the Status of PTC On The Route?
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John Bruce |
02-04-2018 - 07:34 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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BOB2 |
02-04-2018 - 08:44 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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OPRRMS |
02-04-2018 - 06:45 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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CWS |
02-04-2018 - 07:39 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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02-04-2018 - 07:42 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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WAF |
02-04-2018 - 08:05 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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James Bradley |
02-04-2018 - 22:24 |
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John Bruce |
02-04-2018 - 08:36 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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BOB2 |
02-04-2018 - 08:52 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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John Bruce |
02-04-2018 - 11:55 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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WILL |
02-04-2018 - 08:53 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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WILL |
02-04-2018 - 08:57 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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Old Crow |
02-04-2018 - 09:20 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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English please |
02-04-2018 - 09:30 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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Eat Crow |
02-04-2018 - 09:38 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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Old Crow |
02-04-2018 - 09:59 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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Dr Zarkoff |
02-04-2018 - 11:34 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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Clem |
02-04-2018 - 11:52 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision pic from drone
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Espee99 |
02-04-2018 - 12:14 |
Re: Amtrak / CSX collision in South Carolina; 2 dead, 70+ injured
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Eat Crow |
02-04-2018 - 12:01 |
NORAC Rule 241 and 242?
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John Bruce |
02-04-2018 - 13:42 |
Re: NORAC Rule 241 and 242?
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tundraboomer |
02-04-2018 - 14:07 |
Re: Update: No NORAC
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tundraboomer |
02-04-2018 - 15:36 |
Re: Update: No NORAC
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hunter harrison |
02-04-2018 - 16:20 |
Re: Update: No NORAC
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Agent Spender |
02-04-2018 - 18:33 |
Re: Update: No NORAC
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The Lone Gunman |
02-09-2018 - 23:27 |