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   Message 1,826 of 3,261   
   Adam H. Kerman to HAL   
   Re: AMTRAK Wreck in Philadelphia, PA 5/1   
   24 May 15 21:48:44   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   HAL  wrote:   
   > wrote:   
   >>On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 1:50:03 PM UTC-4, Joseph D. Korman wrote:   
      
   >>>Photo at Metropark, note the backwards "90" for Philly bound trains on   
   >>>the normally NY bound track.   
      
   >>Would anyone know why speed signs were placed at that particular location,   
   >>but not at others?  Seems like a good idea and cheap to do.  (Aaren't those   
   >>signs ancient, dating from PRR days, along with the "AC MOTOR STOP")?   
      
   >Those signs were posted years ago in case management had to run the   
   >trains if there was a strike.   
      
   Oh, c'mon. Pennsy never put them at every curve with a speed restriction.   
   That was the problem.   
      
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