From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   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_by_   
   rojectile_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.   
      
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