From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Peter Schleifer  wrote:   
   >"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote:   
   >>Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >>>Peter Schleifer  wrote:   
   >>>>On Wed, 13 May 2015 18:00:34 -0700 (PDT), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   >>>>>Early reports say that the Amk train was going twice the speed limit.   
   >>>>>Apparently, there is not speed control protection.   
      
   >>>>>Would anyone know the state of speed control on the NEC?   
      
   >>>>>FWIW, here is the wikip article.  It says speeds are enforced.   
      
   >>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Civil_Speed_Enforcement_System   
      
   >>>>From that article:   
   >>>>"It is installed on parts of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor between   
   >>>>Washington and Boston.[2]"   
      
   >>>>The key word here is "parts"   
      
   >>>Others have stated that it's not yet installed north of Philadelphia.   
      
   >>>>Both an Acela and a SEPTA train reported being hit by projectiles in   
   >>>>that area in just before the derailment. That's being played down as a   
   >>>>possible cause.   
      
   >>>>http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150514_SEPTA_train_hit_b   
   _projectile_before_Amtrak_crash.html   
      
   >>>It's not "being played down as a possible cause." It's rejected. Why would   
   >>>you even raise it? That couldn't possibly have caused the engineer to exceed   
   >>>timetable speed by 57 mph.   
      
   >>I'm going to retract this statement.   
      
   >>There is some possibility that there was gunfire and that one of the holes   
   >>in the windshield of the locomotive cab might be a bullet hole. If that's   
   >>the case, then yes, there is a possibility that the engineer got distracted   
   >>and became unaware of his location, or wanted to get the hell out of there.   
      
   >Yup, I saw that today also. I'm still going to refrain from engaging   
   >in speculation myself, since I probably won't come up with anything   
   >the FBI isn't already considering.   
      
   >If the bullet is confirmed, is it terrorism, or just something that   
   >happens in North Philadelphia?   
      
   Does it matter if it's terrorism? If that was enough to distract the   
   engineer so that he made a fatal mistake, then the deaths aren't accidental   
   but homicides, and the rest of the trauma attempted murder.   
      
   It's not like they're going to catch the bastard unless he starts taking   
   credit for it.   
      
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