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Amtrak Train Was Moving In Excess of 100 mph on a Curve With a Speed Limit of 50
An Amtrak train involved in a fatal crash here appears to have been traveling at more than 100 miles an hour as it entered a sharp curve where it derailed Tuesday night, killing at least seven people, according to two people with knowledge of the investigation. The speed limit in that section of track drops to 50 miles per hour, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. Investigators are focusing on the possibility that excessive speed was a factor in the derailment, one of these people said.MSNBC was pretty sure this was all due to Republican Spending
9. Taxpayers Subsidize Passengers Who Can Afford to Make Amtrak Profitable The welfare queens riding in Amtrak luxury at the benefit of the American taxpayers are mostly not the poor. Nevertheless, you and I and future generations are subsidizing every ticket purchased by those who can afford to pay the fare required to make Amtrak profitable. Many of the same media elite already using Tuesday night's tragedy to call for more government spending on Amtrak, also are guilty of welfare queening on Amtrak between their Emerald Cities of Washington DC and Manhattan. This is from a 1997 Cato Institute Study. There is nothing, though, that indicates anything’s changed much. In fact, with the labor force so diminished and Washington DC attracting more and more of the connected and wealthy, it would not surprise me to learn that even fewer of the poor benefit from Amtrak:And there's this:Amtrak's typical riders are not low-income Americans. The poor are less likely to travel by Amtrak than by most other travel options. Only 13 percent of Amtrak passengers have incomes below $20,000. The average Amtrak rider has a higher household income than the average taxpayer. In fact, the clientele for Amtrak Metroliner service between Washington and New York consists largely of Wall Street traders, K Street lobbyists and other affluent business travelers. These folks aren't poor.
REPORT: Derailed Amtrak train's engineer declined to give statement to investigators and is with an attorney http://t.co/YCzeU76CZV
— TheBlazeNOW (@TheBlazeNOW) May 13, 2015Engineer of derailed #Amtrak train was injured but did give statement to investigators, Philadelphia mayor says pic.twitter.com/R9hSHaxvAW
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) May 13, 2015Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: WZer at May 13, 2015 01:58 PM (uingK)
Posted by: hello it's Me Donna... again at May 13, 2015 01:58 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 13, 2015 01:59 PM (V8fhv)
Posted by: Norman at May 13, 2015 02:00 PM (CYS6Q)
Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at May 13, 2015 02:00 PM (JOG+K)
Someone gonna go to jail over this?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 13, 2015 02:01 PM (2TN4k)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at May 13, 2015 02:01 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 13, 2015 02:01 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Mr. Scott at May 13, 2015 02:01 PM (o68RC)
Posted by: SJW at May 13, 2015 02:01 PM (NUCTk)
Ph'namtrakglui mglwmypenis'nafh Cthulhu R'lysuckiteh wgah'youmustnagl fhtandswallowgn.
Posted by: Moo Moo & MUMR's Love Child at May 13, 2015 02:01 PM (SFpiC)
LOL. Sadly, some progressives probably believe this.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2015 02:02 PM (1sJza)
Posted by: Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad at May 13, 2015 02:02 PM (NUCTk)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 13, 2015 02:02 PM (5buP8)
Posted by: Dems at May 13, 2015 02:02 PM (2TN4k)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 13, 2015 02:02 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Garrett at May 13, 2015 02:02 PM (S41VY)
Anything can happen, though.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 13, 2015 02:02 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: fixerupper at May 13, 2015 02:02 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Dems at May 13, 2015 02:03 PM (2TN4k)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 13, 2015 02:03 PM (BX5wZ)
Posted by: flounder at May 13, 2015 02:03 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Womyn's Studies Professor at May 13, 2015 02:03 PM (NUCTk)
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He may have had a little chemical enhancement.
Convert to Islam?
Posted by: wrg500 at May 13, 2015 02:03 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Zombie Jerry Garcia at May 13, 2015 02:03 PM (o68RC)
Posted by: Lauren at May 13, 2015 02:03 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: hello it's Me Donna... again at May 13, 2015 02:03 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 13, 2015 02:03 PM (ZKzrr)
You. Don't. Say.
If that is true and there wasn't some mechanical failure that made it impossible to slow down, then I say some people need to be looking at criminal charges.
Posted by: alexthechick - Hair rays activate! at May 13, 2015 02:03 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Casey Jones at May 13, 2015 02:04 PM (QcJ+D)
>>Only 13 percent of Amtrak passengers have incomes below $20,000.
These are probably students. Although my roommate used to take the bus to NYC from dc... I only took the train once when I lived up there because I was in Philly and my ride had to stay an extra day. Also my office paid for it.
Posted by: Lea at May 13, 2015 02:04 PM (3qhe0)
Posted by: Naes at May 13, 2015 02:05 PM (YhayY)
Serious answer? Because he probably always does it. I wasn't really joking when I said this could be laid at the feet of the left's desire for "high speed rail".
Posted by: Lauren at May 13, 2015 02:05 PM (MYCIw)
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He may have had a little chemical enhancement.
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Castration?
Posted by: Feminist SJW at May 13, 2015 02:05 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Train engineer Kneivel at May 13, 2015 02:05 PM (ZWRoJ)
Posted by: Yip at May 13, 2015 02:05 PM (84SRe)
Posted by: Dan at May 13, 2015 02:05 PM (COpZ4)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2015 02:05 PM (1sJza)
$100 says the Union made it part of their contract that Amtrak couldn't put GPS monitors on the vehicles.
Serious question to anyone who knows: How hard would it be to remotely/automatically throttle down a locomotive that was doing, say, >15% above the speed limit on a stretch of track?
Posted by: bonhomme at May 13, 2015 02:05 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at May 13, 2015 02:06 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 13, 2015 02:06 PM (o68RC)
Posted by: Blackfoot at May 13, 2015 02:06 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 13, 2015 02:06 PM (xq1UY)
Bullshit! It was terrorism! I read it on the internet.
Posted by: rickl at May 13, 2015 02:06 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 13, 2015 02:06 PM (i55o+)
Posted by: Furious George at May 13, 2015 02:06 PM (UlJ3l)
All subsidies to AMTRAK should be reduced . . . to zero. As far the train going over 100 mph what do you want to bet this was the cause before the investigation even started. Remember, this is a government owned train so blame the egineer.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 13, 2015 02:06 PM (wlDny)
100 mph into a curve rated at 50 mph.
Either the engineer was asleep/passed out or he was going to do a GermanWings with a train.
Neither is good to think about.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Buy A Malediction, Get an Imaginary Insult Half Off! at May 13, 2015 02:06 PM (hLRSq)
Unless he just fell asleep. Could be either.
Posted by: Barlow Dondabiter at May 13, 2015 02:07 PM (6vZvS)
Oh, and STOP PUTTING TAPE OVER YOUR LAPTOP CAMERAS, you jerks!! How can we see your 'happy ending' when you watch Da P0rn??? Sickoes.......
Posted by: The NSA at May 13, 2015 02:07 PM (sCHw2)
Hmmm.
100 mph into a curve rated at 50 mph.
Either the engineer was asleep/passed out or he was going to do a GermanWings with a train.
Neither is good to think about.
Except He took others out not Himself...
Posted by: hello it's Me Donna... again at May 13, 2015 02:07 PM (Bn6aD)
That very same unionized American public sector are now vocally demanding the construction at public expense of hundreds of billions of dollars worth of HIGH speed rail lines.
No way a brilliant plan like this can fail, no sirree.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 13, 2015 02:07 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 13, 2015 02:08 PM (o68RC)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at May 13, 2015 02:08 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 13, 2015 02:08 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Lauren at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (MYCIw)
Sounds like some research grants need to be authorized by congress.
Posted by: Barlow Dondabiter at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (6vZvS)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Engineer Schittino at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (S41VY)
Posted by: hello it's Me Donna... again at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (Bn6aD)
Always did make me a bit nervous. If one derailed along there, it would land right in the road during morning rush hour. Yikes.
Posted by: Citizen X at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: River Guide at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (BX5wZ)
I heard this A LOT in the '90s, phrased something like "when government workers earn as much as their private sector counterparts then we'll have competence in government." Billions of dollars later, 100 mph in a 50 mph zone, but don't look at his compensation if you want to keep your blood pressure steady.
Posted by: joncelli at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (RD7QR)
As if non-Union people can't get experience and training. IE skills.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: POTUS 0Bola at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (sCHw2)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Doc Brown at May 13, 2015 02:10 PM (oVJmc)
He was 'distracted'.
Posted by: The Devoceleraptor (sometimes JEM) at May 13, 2015 02:10 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at May 13, 2015 02:10 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 13, 2015 02:10 PM (o68RC)
Doing 90 miles an hour
When the whistle broke into a scream
He was found in the cab
With his hand on the throttle
He was scalded to death by the steam.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 13, 2015 02:10 PM (xq1UY)
Sarah Palin would speed up all the trains if you left it to her.
Posted by: jwest at May 13, 2015 02:10 PM (9ZZd+)
Train, train, Lord, take me on out of this town
Well, that woman I'm in love with, Lord, she's Memphis bound
Posted by: Citizen X at May 13, 2015 02:11 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Robin Thicke at May 13, 2015 02:11 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Harry Reid at May 13, 2015 02:11 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Coors Light Trains at May 13, 2015 02:12 PM (sCHw2)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at May 13, 2015 02:12 PM (oDCMR)
To derailing three times as fast as today's trains, yes.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 13, 2015 02:12 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Gomez Addams, Train Dispatcher at May 13, 2015 02:12 PM (oVJmc)
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 13, 2015 02:12 PM (JtwS4)
Engineer: You ever been in a cockpit before? Joey: No sir, I've never been on a train before. Engineer: You ever seen a grown man naked?
Posted by: wrg500 at May 13, 2015 02:13 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: ira allen at May 13, 2015 02:13 PM (kUmUV)
Think they do this for subways.
Can't remember the circumstances, but there was a spell when I was commuting on the DC Metro and they had temporarily stopped using the automated driving feature and were being driven by engineers - and the stops were so much worse (jerky, brake-pumping as they attempted to stop in the proper place).
Posted by: Dems at May 13, 2015 02:13 PM (2TN4k)
Posted by: Amtrak Cop at May 13, 2015 02:13 PM (6GBAx)
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With more money, this problem can be fixed.
Posted by: SH at May 13, 2015 02:13 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Garrett at May 13, 2015 02:13 PM (S41VY)
Posted by: Lauren at May 13, 2015 02:14 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Buy A Malediction, Get an Imaginary Insult Half Off! at May 13, 2015 02:14 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Lauren at May 13, 2015 02:09 PM (MYCIw)
According to the schedule, it should have been in NYC at 5 pm. But...Amtrak.
Posted by: DangerGirl at May 13, 2015 02:14 PM (oZe0I)
Well, we ought to repeal the law of physics, then!!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 13, 2015 02:14 PM (2TN4k)
In the midnight, hear me cryin' out her name.
I'm standin' on the railroad, waitin' for the graveyard train.
On the highway, thirty people turned to stone.
On the highway, thirty people turned to stone.
Oh, take me to the station, 'cause I'm number thirty-one.
(Best CCR song that nobody remembers anymore)
Posted by: Citizen X at May 13, 2015 02:14 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Benji Carver at May 13, 2015 02:14 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: SH at May 13, 2015 02:14 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: THE Big, Old, Fat guy at May 13, 2015 02:14 PM (rVGaB)
So let's assume a politically connected owner of a privately held large Class I railroad--let's call him Warren--who wants a free upgrade of allowable speeds for his freight trains. Warren waits, defers some maintenance and upgrades. Amtrak threatens to reroute or discontinue service over the line.
Alarmed Dims and GOPes then fund the necessary upgrades, Warren's rail freight business is the main beneficiary, and Warren doesn't even say thank you to us. But he thinks you don't pay enough in income taxes.
Posted by: Furious George at May 13, 2015 02:15 PM (UlJ3l)
Posted by: Kara of Amtrak at May 13, 2015 02:15 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: fixerupper at May 13, 2015 02:15 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: DaveA at May 13, 2015 02:15 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 13, 2015 02:15 PM (Spluw)
Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that
state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.
Sometimes turning the wheel or curving the track can't defeat that first law.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at May 13, 2015 02:15 PM (xQX/f)
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I seriously doubt it is profitable.
Posted by: SH at May 13, 2015 02:15 PM (gmeXX)
square of the velocity. Going twice as fast means four times the force.
Which is extremely hurtful for gays. Now let's all draw in our journals about how that makes us feel.
Posted by: Social Justice Physics at May 13, 2015 02:15 PM (ZKzrr)
There is something along those lines which I have heard repeatedly here in Commiefornia when the subject of the platinum-plated pay and pension packages of the public sector is brought up.
Which is for public sector workers to get butthurt and defensive and blurt out, "But we don't have STOCK OPTIONS the way that those of you in the PRIVATE SECTOR do. None of us are going to GET RICH FROM AN IPO."
I'm sure it will come as a considerable surprise to a whole lot of you who are holding down private sector jobs that you've got a big old options package that'll pay off soon. Just waiting to vest, baby, waiting to vest.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 13, 2015 02:15 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at May 13, 2015 02:16 PM (VAsIq)
The telemetry and control interface has only been available for about 35 years.
Do you think this shit happens overnight?
Posted by: jwest at May 13, 2015 02:16 PM (9ZZd+)
I would have to believe that they are GPS tagged and monitored and that someone could have seen they were wildly exceeding the limit for that stretch.
But, who knows.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 13, 2015 02:16 PM (LA7Cm)
JATOs.
Posted by: Kara of Amtrak at May 13, 2015 02:16 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Capt. Francesco Schettino at May 13, 2015 02:16 PM (8ZskC)
House GOP blocks hike in Amtrak budget hours after crash
Republicans on a powerful House panel on Wednesday blocked a bid by Democrats to boost Amtrak's budget by more than $1 billion, including $556 million targeted for the railroad's Northeast corridor, site of a deadly crash.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 13, 2015 02:16 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Cheri at May 13, 2015 02:17 PM (ZFPMM)
Is that the cat that chewed your new shoes?
Posted by: Bigby's Cellphone Finger at May 13, 2015 02:17 PM (b3gbk)
Posted by: Garrett at May 13, 2015 02:17 PM (S41VY)
Worked with Jay Cutler (or at least it will work, someday).
Posted by: FireHorse at May 13, 2015 02:17 PM (64tBw)
Posted by: Citizen X at May 13, 2015 02:17 PM (7ObY1)
Sometimes turning the wheel or curving the track can't defeat that first law.
Well...you know....the train wants what it wants.......
Posted by: eleven at May 13, 2015 02:17 PM (IPzoI)
Posted by: LizLem, servant of the cross (deal with it ISIS) at May 13, 2015 02:17 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: Moderate Salami at May 13, 2015 02:18 PM (/Ho8c)
Bastard was probably playing Clash of Clans or setting a meetup with Tindr or Grindr.
Posted by: nnptcgrad at May 13, 2015 02:18 PM (iF4ab)
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That actually surprises me. But kudos to them if true.
Posted by: SH at May 13, 2015 02:18 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Han Solo at May 13, 2015 02:18 PM (o68RC)
I read something that explained how high speed rail cars shift their center of gravity by 'leaning' toward the apex of the turn. The suspension on the inside of the curve lowers that side of the car, and the car leans inward. Don't know if Amtrak does that.
Posted by: Barlow Dondabiter at May 13, 2015 02:19 PM (6vZvS)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at May 13, 2015 02:19 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Minnfidel at May 13, 2015 02:19 PM (6GBAx)
Posted by: Garrett at May 13, 2015 02:19 PM (S41VY)
Posted by: ira allen
Physics, thy name is Hillary. Posted by: Turd Ferguson at May 13, 2015 02:16 PM (VAsIq)
Physics can be a real Hillary sometimes? Harf got in the Urban Dictionary, why not Cankles.
Posted by: LizLem, servant of the cross (deal with it ISIS) at May 13, 2015 02:19 PM (yRwC8)
Oh, is that money going to get Mr. Leadfoot to slow down?
Posted by: Lauren at May 13, 2015 02:19 PM (MYCIw)
Tracks? Where we're going, we don't need tracks.
Posted by: Doc Brown at May 13, 2015 02:19 PM (8ZskC)
Take me to the station
And put me on the train
I have no expectations
To pass. Through here. Again.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 13, 2015 02:19 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: steevy at May 13, 2015 02:20 PM (mGBKM)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at May 13, 2015 02:20 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Soona at May 13, 2015 02:20 PM (/HX7u)
I hear-r-r the tain a coming.
Its rollin round the bend.
And I aint see........ HOLY SHIT!!!! LOOKOUT!!!!!!!!
Posted by: fixerupper at May 13, 2015 02:20 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Sinatra at May 13, 2015 02:20 PM (MF70y)
Posted by: Comments at May 13, 2015 02:20 PM (TzeLs)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 13, 2015 02:21 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: DangerGirl at May 13, 2015 02:21 PM (oZe0I)
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?feature=player_embedded&
v=ZFMuuPN7Jdo
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?feature=player_embedded&
v=VFumTiXivis
Posted by: DaveA at May 13, 2015 02:21 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: OTB at May 13, 2015 02:21 PM (ShdUd)
Posted by: fixerupper at May 13, 2015 02:21 PM (8XRCm)
https://vimeo.com/48850538
Posted by: Lizzy at May 13, 2015 02:21 PM (2TN4k)
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at May 13, 2015 02:21 PM (VAsIq)
On another note, I proposed we rename them Damntrak
Posted by: THE Big, Old, Fat guy at May 13, 2015 02:21 PM (rVGaB)
Good thing you reporters were right here to record my heroic tale of my (D)heroics and heroism.
Good thing.
...
VOTE (D) !!!
Posted by: Former Congressman Patrick Murphy at May 13, 2015 02:22 PM (NUCTk)
Casey Jones was a son of a bitch,
Drove a steam engine through a forty foot ditch,
Pissed on the whistle and shit on bell,
And he went through Chicago like a bat out of hell.
Casey Jones, mounted to his cabin,
Casey Jones, had his pecker in his hand,
Casey Jones, mounted to his cabin,
"Bend over ladies, I'm a railroad man."
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 13, 2015 02:22 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: DangerGirl at May 13, 2015 02:22 PM (oZe0I)
Next thing you know, some redneck says, "Here, hold my beer, and watch this."
Posted by: Barlow Dondabiter at May 13, 2015 02:22 PM (6vZvS)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 13, 2015 02:22 PM (o68RC)
Posted by: Garrett at May 13, 2015 02:22 PM (S41VY)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at May 13, 2015 02:22 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Avg. MSNBC host at May 13, 2015 02:23 PM (6GBAx)
Posted by: Roy at May 13, 2015 02:23 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: eleven at May 13, 2015 02:23 PM (IPzoI)
The slap downs are historic. When will they learn?
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 13, 2015 02:23 PM (0FSuD)
As far as I'm concerned, the way to make incompetent government workers do the jobs they're pid to do is to copy the "dreaded private sector:" fire the asses of every lazy, prOn-surfing, cheeto-munching, deuce-dropping, twitter-posting, rotten attitude FedGov worker and keep on firing until the ones that are left get scared shitless and start actually working.
Bust up every federal worker union. Fire them if they so much as make a lousy pot of coffee. If they had to live the way we do - day to day frightened that this might be the day they're escorted firmly out the door - we might actually get something done.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 13, 2015 02:23 PM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at May 13, 2015 02:23 PM (jRdaV)
Posted by: Cheri at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (ZFPMM)
Posted by: Joe Biden at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (hqZPQ)
Posted by: Barlow Dondabiter at May 13, 2015 02:22 PM (6vZvS)
Rednecks generally only kill themselves...
Its Liberals who tend to kill others...
Posted by: BB Wolf at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (o68RC)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 13, 2015 02:02 PM (XUKZU)
"Drivin' that traiiiin, high on cocaiiiine,
Casey Jones, you'd better watch your speed."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (GQ0V+)
Posted by: Moo Moo & MUMR's Love Child at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (SFpiC)
Disgusting
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (fWAjv)
//Joey Choo Choo Plugz esq
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Soona at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: EPA guy in charge of at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (NUCTk)
Posted by: Arson Wells at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: Brian Williams at May 13, 2015 02:25 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Naes at May 13, 2015 02:05 PM (YhayY)
Ahem.
Posted by: Teamsters' Union at May 13, 2015 02:25 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 13, 2015 02:25 PM (sWgE+)
I don't know about Amwreck but on that Alaska RR show they have two and sometimes three in the cab.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 13, 2015 02:25 PM (LA7Cm)
Why on Earth would the Engineer do that?
Posted by:t May 13, 2015 01:58 PM (Bn6aD)
Ask the guy in NY state that fell asleep and ran his train off the tracks. This one, take a bet, is no doubt a union member and an AA hire that was on his cell phone or watching pron.
ARREST HIM NOW!
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 13, 2015 02:26 PM (0FSuD)
---- Brian Williams on His Amtrak Experience
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 13, 2015 02:26 PM (i55o+)
Speed limits vary along a route. Some sections may be 100mph limit. This curve was 50mph.
Posted by: despair at May 13, 2015 02:27 PM (J6suc)
High...On Speed... Rail
Posted by: Joe Biden at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (hqZPQ)
FIFY.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 13, 2015 02:27 PM (oKE6c)
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Did away with TV years ago. However "hold my beer and watch this" would make a kick ass reality show!
Posted by: OTB at May 13, 2015 02:27 PM (ShdUd)
I thought they had to stand on a dead-man switch or the train would stop.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 13, 2015 02:27 PM (evdj2)
I was just watching that last night with my Aspergerish daughter. She pointed out the misuse of parsec.
Posted by: NSA Commenter CRM114 at May 13, 2015 02:27 PM (hqZPQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 13, 2015 02:27 PM (o68RC)
Posted by: Lea at May 13, 2015 02:28 PM (3qhe0)
OK OK I'm working already.
Posted by: EPA guy in charge of property seizure at May 13, 2015 02:28 PM (NUCTk)
Evidence? The MSM, the dog that isn't barking.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 13, 2015 02:28 PM (oKE6c)
And since we as a society have been programmed to believe that the government SHOULD be involved in everything, we expect them to have the answers and therefore we believe them when they tell us the answer is 'more money'.
In the next election, we will elect the person who promised to have government do the most.
We should be electing the person who promises to have government do the least. Unfortunately, that person hasn't got a chance in hell of ever being elected.
Bottom line: burn it down, scatter the stones, salt the earth.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 13, 2015 02:28 PM (BZAd3)
Posted by: Nip Sip
They went to a new and improved college--they're incapable of learning.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at May 13, 2015 02:28 PM (VAsIq)
I agree that it seems obvious that there would have already been an electronic speed limiter that prevents the engineer from speeding. But that's govt for ya.
Of course this will now occur to govt types, who will then claim it will take $25 Billion to install these $100 updates.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 13, 2015 02:28 PM (ODxAs)
This one, take a bet, is no doubt a union member and an AA hire that was on his cell phone or watching pron.
Of course. Because it's always about the racism.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 13, 2015 02:28 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: mallfly at May 13, 2015 02:28 PM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Cheri at May 13, 2015 02:24 PM (ZFPMM)
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There is what they call a "dead man's button" that must be pushed every 15-30 seconds or the locomotive and braking systems will bring the train to a stop. The "dead man's button" is obviously not the problem here, unless it was somehow disabled.
Posted by: Soona at May 13, 2015 02:28 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: eleven at May 13, 2015 02:29 PM (IPzoI)
Posted by: Chupacabras at May 13, 2015 02:29 PM (W2YA6)
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 13, 2015 02:29 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at May 13, 2015 02:29 PM (xQX/f)
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 13, 2015 02:26 PM (i55o+)
Hell, Brian Williams would probably say the track was broken and he laid across the rails a la Superman and saved thousands more letting the train speed over him, lol.
Posted by: Arson Wells at May 13, 2015 02:29 PM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at May 13, 2015 02:29 PM (3F6F8)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 13, 2015 02:25 PM (LA7Cm)
I usually have one and sometimes two in my caboose.
Posted by: SCOAMF at May 13, 2015 02:30 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Garrett at May 13, 2015 02:30 PM (S41VY)
Especially on government subsidized passenger trains.
Posted by: Fritz at May 13, 2015 02:30 PM (UzPAd)
It happened one morning about a quarter to four,
Pulled up in front of a whorehouse door,
Climbed through the window with his cock in his hand,
Said, "I'll prove I'm a railroad man."
Casey Jones, mounted to his cabin,
Casey Jones, had his pecker in his hand,
Casey Jones, mounted to his cabin,
"Bend over ladies, I'm a railroad man."
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 13, 2015 02:30 PM (evdj2)
We shouldn't run a department store, and the US government certainly shouldn't attempt to run a railroad.
Build atomic bombs, buy aircraft carriers, rent trucks. Period.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at May 13, 2015 02:31 PM (FCuM7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 13, 2015 02:31 PM (o68RC)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 13, 2015 02:27 PM (o68RC)
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Yes. You are correct.
Posted by: Soona at May 13, 2015 02:31 PM (/HX7u)
If he's black, he'll get a medal and a promotion.
If the engineer is a black lesbian woman, we've found our next president.
Posted by: jwest at May 13, 2015 02:31 PM (9ZZd+)
And for the rest of your life, no matter where you are, or what you are doing, your left hand reaches for the alarm button every ninety seconds. Twitch, twitch, twitch.
Posted by: Barlow Dondabiter at May 13, 2015 02:31 PM (6vZvS)
Posted by: dananjcon at May 13, 2015 02:32 PM (NpXoL)
Posted by: Benji Carver at May 13, 2015 02:32 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: jwest at May 13, 2015 02:33 PM (9ZZd+)
I saw Supersuckers at a taping of Solid Gold. Marilyn McCoo was shamelessly flirting with them.
Posted by: @JohnTant at May 13, 2015 02:33 PM (PFy0L)
When the Democrats had control of the legislative and executive branches of government and passed the 2009 Stimulus What Cured the Economy Forever, they put a line item in for a whopping 1.3 billion dollars for Amtrak. For those keeping score, .15 percent of the total package.
Apparently, this was insufficient to overcome Newtonian physics.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (gRnYL)
Posted by: Dang at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (XWo4d)
Posted by: NSA Commenter CRM114 at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (hqZPQ)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (f/jVx)
--- Brian Williams on His Amtrak Experience
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (i55o+)
Posted by: Associated Puss at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (o68RC)
I don't mind the robots reading my emails. I just wish they'd understand what they read. I want nood pictures of teenage Susan Saint James, GoogleAds. With the short haircut. Advertise me that.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (iKhVZ)
Posted by: small town girl at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (bHFF2)
Posted by: SCOAMF at May 13, 2015 02:30 PM
Amateur!
Posted by: Lena Dunham at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (6GBAx)
able to go 100 mph around a curve? How hard could this possibly be?
Someone on Twitter noted that we have self-driving cars out and about, but trains (which could trivially be handled entirely by even late 1970s computer technology) are still controlled manually.
I assume this is somehow the fault of unions and/or Democrats.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (B/VB5)
Posted by: AP at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (p5jMg)
Let's watch him take this next turn and see what happens...
Posted by: Garrett at May 13, 2015 02:35 PM (S41VY)
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 13, 2015 02:35 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Iblis at May 13, 2015 02:35 PM (9221z)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 13, 2015 02:35 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Social Justice Physics at May 13, 2015 02:35 PM (ZKzrr)
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We know exactly what you want. But screw you, meatbag.
Posted by: Robots at May 13, 2015 02:35 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Train Engineer watching the speedometer at May 13, 2015 02:35 PM (XWo4d)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 13, 2015 02:36 PM (iKhVZ)
Posted by: SH at May 13, 2015 02:15 PM (gmeXX)
Fox did a special on AMTRAK and government subsidies. They said this was the only rail line in the country that was profitable. All the rest ran at a loss.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 13, 2015 02:36 PM (wlDny)
Posted by: OTB at May 13, 2015 02:36 PM (ShdUd)
Posted by: Trigger Warning at May 13, 2015 02:36 PM (VAsIq)
I was gonna drive a train, but then I got high.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (o68RC)
I always loved doing a train at Princeton.
Posted by: Moochie at May 13, 2015 02:36 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 13, 2015 02:37 PM (1JqUE)
Posted by: Boss Moss
So I let the train do the driving. It's on a track and everything. Or at least it was on a track... I think.
Posted by: Train Engineer watching the speedometer at May 13, 2015 02:37 PM (XWo4d)
Posted by: Moo Moo & MUMR's Love Child at May 13, 2015 02:37 PM (SFpiC)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 13, 2015 02:37 PM (o68RC)
Was that the 'L' train or 'el tren'?
From your "authentic Hispanic perspective", of course.
Posted by: Mark Halperin at May 13, 2015 02:37 PM (NUCTk)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2015 02:37 PM (1sJza)
I know that certain circumstances like fog have shown (in simulators) that people "think" they are slowing down but are actually going much faster.
Or was this like the pilot suicide? Or he was texting his mistress or reading a book (which were seen on DC commuter trains that I have taken).
Or, is his nickname "Mo" (in which case i have no further questions, your honor).
One would think waswas or usus would take credit for this if due...but with all the cyber stalking and yapping I just wondered if this was the incident they spoke of a few days ago...when London was a target, etc.
A friend missed this train by an hour, as he finished work early and took the 6pm train instead.
Prayers for those injured and comfort for those who lost loved ones in this horrible crash. xoxo
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen at May 13, 2015 02:38 PM (FCPu0)
Posted by: Dang at May 13, 2015 02:38 PM (XWo4d)
Posted by: chiefjaybob at May 13, 2015 02:38 PM (2L77z)
I want nood pictures of teenage Susan Saint James, GoogleAds. With the short haircut. Advertise me that.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 13, 2015 02:34 PM (iKhVZ)
Hmm.
https://tinyurl.com/m5ob5oj
Posted by: rickl at May 13, 2015 02:38 PM (zoehZ)
So I'm not sure I'd even call this one "profitable".
Posted by: Chupacabras at May 13, 2015 02:38 PM (+hPIb)
Posted by: Moochie at May 13, 2015 02:36 PM (0FSuD)
Let me tell you about trains.
Posted by: Jackie Coakley at May 13, 2015 02:38 PM (oKE6c)
We call it Amtrak but some call it the train.
Posted by: 2 Live Crew at May 13, 2015 02:38 PM (UnJ7w)
Highly unlikely. AKA Joo woman.
Posted by: MSM Reporter at May 13, 2015 02:39 PM (0FSuD)
The MUNI tram system here in Scum Scamfrisco has controls with a similar mode, except that the operators have the option to override to full manual. Here's what happened when one of them did that and then fell asleep.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/nbvqxkv
Posted by: torquewrench at May 13, 2015 02:39 PM (noWW6)
and the engineer do what ever they do while the train crashes.
It's actually even easier than that, because a single computer could easily know where all the trains in the system are and how fast they're going. (Much like how discussion of driverless cars always ends up at "it's better if the road controls the cars").
Posted by: Ian S. at May 13, 2015 02:39 PM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Moochie at May 13, 2015 02:36 PM (0FSuD)
I was the original high speed rail.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 13, 2015 02:39 PM (zF6Iw)
Susan Saint James with a possible nip slip. Will that work for you?
http://tinyurl.com/kq8sqt5
Posted by: wrg500 at May 13, 2015 02:39 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: NSA Commenter CRM114 at May 13, 2015 02:39 PM (hqZPQ)
Posted by: NASCAR at May 13, 2015 02:39 PM (S41VY)
Boston -> NYC -> DC corridor is heavily traveled, and probably is the closest to true profitability of any line in the Amtrak system. But there is no way on earth that it actually makes money if you include the subsidies.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 13, 2015 02:39 PM (k2fxD)
After all, we subsidize every car he builds and every launch SpaceX makes. It only makes sense to pay him for his transportation system.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 13, 2015 02:40 PM (BZAd3)
Hero? I'm no hero. I failed those killed in this horrific crash, and their deaths will haunt me the rest of my days.
Posted by: Brian Williams at May 13, 2015 02:41 PM (1I8EA)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Bobby Jindal was riding between the cars. Wearing flip-flops, holding a plastic bag full of cooked rice and a mouth full of curry.
Posted by: Dang at May 13, 2015 02:41 PM (XWo4d)
People allow themselves to get conditioned to smoke detectors, but instead of hitting a button, they ignore it.
Was taking out my trash one Saturday years ago. Heard the unmistakable CHIRP!! of a smoke detector. So I froze for a minute by the next CHIRP!! I realized it was coming from my house.
I grabbed a 9V battery and waited in the upstairs hall. CHIRP!! Certain of which apartment it was coming from, I fished out the right key, and ...
... thought better of it. I knocked, just in case the tenants were inside.
They were on the couch, almost directly under the smoke detector, watching a movie. I asked them if their smoke detector was chirping - I don't know, maybe they were deaf to that frequency? - yeah, they heard it - just too lazy to change the battery.
Posted by: FireHorse at May 13, 2015 02:42 PM (64tBw)
Posted by: Captain Francesco Schettino at May 13, 2015 02:42 PM (xQX/f)
"Bobby Jindal was riding between the cars. Wearing flip-flops, holding a plastic bag full of cooked rice and a mouth full of curry."
Clearly on his way to a Mark Halperin interview.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 13, 2015 02:42 PM (1JqUE)
We need to get those curves banked properly so that the train pilots can negotiate those curves at 100 mph if they want to.
Posted by: Hank at May 13, 2015 02:42 PM (mb+j8)
I wonder why?
Posted by: Daybrother at May 13, 2015 02:43 PM (/cfwA)
Posted by: Ozzy at May 13, 2015 02:43 PM (yBI9r)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 13, 2015 02:43 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at May 13, 2015 02:44 PM (oDCMR)
But Amtrak is not part of this. It runs on private rails. Union Pacific, Great Northern, etc all own the rails, not the US government. None of that is federal or state infrastructure.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 13, 2015 02:44 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: SUPER HIMALAYA RIDE OPERATOR at May 13, 2015 02:44 PM (XWo4d)
Posted by: Bigby's Cellphone Finger at May 13, 2015 02:44 PM (b3gbk)
9 yr old grandson tried one this weekend (sans beer), attempting to get into our 4 ft tall pool.... without the ladder.
LOL I had to explain the redneck concept of hey guys just wat this! He survived thanks be
Posted by: FCF at May 13, 2015 02:44 PM (kejii)
"They were on the couch, almost directly under the smoke detector, watching a movie. I asked them if their smoke detector was chirping - I don't know, maybe they were deaf to that frequency? - yeah, they heard it - just too lazy to change the battery."
Maddened by the chirping, driven over the edge by their response, I racked the slide on the Remington 870...
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 13, 2015 02:45 PM (1JqUE)
Speed limits vary along a route. Some sections may be 100mph limit. This curve was 50mph.
No, you missed part of his comment. You link up a train's max speed to its location using GPS. This is trivially easy.
He's not saying make the train's max speed constant according to the lowest max speed along a route.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 13, 2015 02:45 PM (jhqr1)
But Nikii Haley and her large extended family were hanging out the windows
Posted by: MSM at May 13, 2015 02:45 PM (1sJza)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 13, 2015 02:46 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: despair at May 13, 2015 02:46 PM (J6suc)
Posted by: Dr. Emmett Brown at May 13, 2015 02:46 PM (UnJ7w)
http://tinyurl.com/kmf3783
Posted by: Comments at May 13, 2015 02:46 PM (TzeLs)
Posted by: eman at May 13, 2015 02:47 PM (a1JxR)
We're not there yet.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 13, 2015 02:47 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2015 02:47 PM (1sJza)
"I bet the frozen concentrated orange-juice futures report was on that train."
Haha. Where the hell is Beeks.
Posted by: Benji Carver at May 13, 2015 02:47 PM (OD2ni)
--- Now Spokeshuman Terry Grindhouse
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 13, 2015 02:47 PM (i55o+)
I was so hoping to hear Joe Biden was on that train. Its been a while since I've had any good news.
Poor ole joe won't be able to disrupt travelers on the train for a month at least. I hate that for him
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 13, 2015 02:48 PM (0FSuD)
It's just a simple engineering problem. It's not like quantum physics.
Posted by: Barlow Dondabiter at May 13, 2015 02:48 PM (6vZvS)
I thought that the tracks themselves transmitted speed limits and other information directly to the train's engine and governors.
Posted by: FireHorse at May 13, 2015 02:48 PM (64tBw)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 13, 2015 02:48 PM (UhRGU)
I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!
Posted by: SUPER HIMALAYA RIDE OPERATOR
I loath that guy. Almost as much as the 'High and Dry' dunking clown.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 13, 2015 02:48 PM (evdj2)
I thought i could
Posted by: Amtrak Train at May 13, 2015 02:48 PM (/eTPT)
Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at May 13, 2015 02:49 PM (sTm/x)
No room, Mitt had already lashed a kennel of dogs and binders of women up there.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton Supporter at May 13, 2015 02:49 PM (xQX/f)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 13, 2015 02:49 PM (iKhVZ)
Posted by: Ricky Bobby Amtrak Conductor at May 13, 2015 02:49 PM (1JqUE)
Posted by: FCF at May 13, 2015 02:50 PM (kejii)
Posted by: Ass of AIDS at May 13, 2015 02:50 PM (xkSSa)
Posted by: MSM at May 13, 2015 02:50 PM (1sJza)
Posted by: Dang at May 13, 2015 02:50 PM (XWo4d)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 13, 2015 02:50 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Bruce J. at May 13, 2015 02:50 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Sen. Elizabeth Warren at May 13, 2015 02:50 PM (YFFpo)
Google's self-crashing cars have a driver sitting right there, ready to take over. You can automate a max limit according to track stretch easily. This would override the part of an engineer that does stupid things like drive 2x the speed limit without overriding important things like slowing down below the speed limit when conditions require.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 13, 2015 02:51 PM (jhqr1)
MacGyver could make an inertia control system with a styrofoam cup, a ping pong ball, a toothpick and a Walkman.
But not until we pause for a brief commercial break.
Posted by: Garrett at May 13, 2015 02:51 PM (S41VY)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 13, 2015 02:49 PM (iKhVZ)
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Yeah that joke has totes been played, my apologies.
Posted by: Comments at May 13, 2015 02:52 PM (TzeLs)
Agreed. Train driving is a skill - one that pays accordingly.
Yet, I thought that trains were already partially automated.
Posted by: FireHorse at May 13, 2015 02:52 PM (64tBw)
I am voting for the German Wings theory (which always reminds me of "Lace Wigs" because I have read here too much over the years and destroyed brain cells).
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen at May 13, 2015 02:52 PM (FCPu0)
Posted by: FireHorse
Well, for starters, they're on tracks...Or, were.
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 13, 2015 02:53 PM (Spluw)
That may be the case. I don't know.
I'm picturing a GPS tattler unit variably regulating the train's max speed along track segments.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 13, 2015 02:53 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: jjak at May 13, 2015 02:54 PM (KryBY)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 13, 2015 02:55 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Big Government Railroad System at May 13, 2015 02:55 PM (iAUf+)
But not until we pause for a brief commercial break.
Not to mention what can be build in a CAVE with a bunch of SCRAPS!!!!!
Posted by: zombie Obadaiah Stane at May 13, 2015 02:55 PM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: Comments at May 13, 2015 02:55 PM (TzeLs)
Great Camero, Truck, Semi crash on Tosh last nite:
All three drivers in that video are complete assholes.
Posted by: eleven at May 13, 2015 02:56 PM (IPzoI)
always reminds me of "Lace Wigs" because I have read here too much over
the years and destroyed brain cells).
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen at May 13, 2015 02:52 PM (FCPu0)
WTF the Lace Wig guy is responsible? I always wondered about him.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 13, 2015 02:57 PM (0FSuD)
MH370 Found In Busy Roundabout Near Derailed Train
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12 at May 13, 2015 02:57 PM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: Soona at May 13, 2015 02:57 PM (/HX7u)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at May 13, 2015 02:58 PM (oDCMR)
No hills of any consequence in that section of Philly.
The only serious question left in my mind is what was
engineers preferred recreational drug.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at May 13, 2015 02:59 PM (xQX/f)
I'm picturing two sweaty, muscular men shoveling coal into a furnace while a train bursts out of a tunnel with a plume of white steam pouring out of the stack...
Brb.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at May 13, 2015 02:59 PM (S41VY)
http://wapo.st/1EEXkc5
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 13, 2015 02:59 PM (wlDny)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 13, 2015 02:59 PM (wlDny)
The guy with the covered wagon did a good job of not turning the truck over when he went off the road.
Posted by: Barlow Dondabiter at May 13, 2015 02:59 PM (6vZvS)
Posted by: Arson Wells at May 13, 2015 02:59 PM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at May 13, 2015 02:59 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: Daybrother at May 13, 2015 03:01 PM (/cfwA)
Not if you're on meth!
Posted by: hadoop at May 13, 2015 03:02 PM (q43qw)
If Union Pacific ran the commuter trains, they'd run much more regularly on time and would be scheduled so they wouldn't have to give way to freight. And probably they'd be a better ride.
Amtrak used to have these huge epic barcalounger seats that were super comfortable. Then they went to smaller cars with smaller seats and less legroom like a plane, and it sucks.
Granted, you can get up and walk around on a train so its not as awful as a plane ride but still. Those old seats were wonderful.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 13, 2015 03:02 PM (39g3+)
Railway right-of-ways are part of Federal infrastructure? Just like the interstate highways?
Who knew?
Posted by: furious_a at May 13, 2015 03:02 PM (xDQNc)
Posted by: eleven at May 13, 2015 02:56 PM (IPzoI)
What? Seems like the only asshole is the Camero. Truck never changes speed and pickup is blocking the asshole Camero that tried to run him off the road. You want him behind you NOT in front of you.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 13, 2015 03:03 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Moo Moo & MUMR's Love Child at May 13, 2015 03:03 PM (SFpiC)
Posted by: Arson Wells at May 13, 2015 03:04 PM (UnJ7w)
His statement will be: "I like Amtrack and trains!" as he walks into a tree.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen at May 13, 2015 03:05 PM (FCPu0)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen at May 13, 2015 03:05 PM (FCPu0)
LOL, holy shit i almost pissed myself reading that!
Posted by: Arson Wells at May 13, 2015 03:06 PM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: eman at May 13, 2015 02:47 PM (a1JxR)
Yep. There will be some truly epic train wrecks in California's HIGH. SPEED. RAIL. Assuming it ever gets built, and ever exceeds 15 mph.
The good news is that no one will get hurt, because ridership will be non-existent.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 13, 2015 03:08 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Jerry Burnout Brown at May 13, 2015 03:12 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: Jerry Burnout Brown at May 13, 2015 03:13 PM (wAQA5)
Doing hundred miles an hour
His union rep commenced to suborn
For he'd been found in the wreck
With his hand on his weiner
His cell phone displaying teh porn
Posted by: Johnny Cash at May 13, 2015 03:17 PM (jXKtj)
Any safety arguments you can make about having a human being in control are refuted by the information that the engineer was traveling at twice the 50 mph speed limit.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 13, 2015 03:18 PM (KDbAT)
Posted by: THE Big, Old, Fat guy at May 13, 2015 03:20 PM (rVGaB)
This is a fallacious argument. How many times has this happened? Once, in over 100 years of train travel. In other words, for hundreds of thousands of trips by trains, it never happened because a human was there. But you want to pretend the one time it happened is proof that humans should be replaced entirely by computers.
Should the computer make one error ever, is that proof that they should be abandoned totally?
Your logic fu is weak, grasshopper.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 13, 2015 03:26 PM (39g3+)
Wow. Female NYPD walking on street when attacked by guy with a hammer. Her partner shot him.
https://goo.gl/YN88oM
Posted by: Bruce J. at May 13, 2015 03:29 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Elmer Fudd, NTSB Investigator at May 13, 2015 03:34 PM (iAUf+)
Posted by: Russtovich at May 13, 2015 03:36 PM (8zhoe)
Posted by: Moo Moo & MUMR's Love Child at May 13, 2015 03:37 PM (SFpiC)
"We must abolish guns... if it saves just one life."
Not replace "guns" with "Amtrak".
Posted by: Russtovich at May 13, 2015 03:39 PM (8zhoe)
And if the Engineer was Black, forget it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 13, 2015 03:40 PM (zRby/)
On their undies down around their knees
Look for the union label
While they sodomize meeeee!
Posted by: Moo Moo & MUMR's Love Child at May 13, 2015 03:47 PM (SFpiC)
Posted by: Keith Arnold at May 13, 2015 03:49 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: wth at May 13, 2015 03:53 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: chiefjaybob at May 13, 2015 02:38 PM (2L77z)
Go... FASTER!
Posted by: Jack Traven, looking for a threequel at May 13, 2015 03:56 PM (qnFe9)
I don't know what the engineer was wearing, but that's the mayor.
Posted by: Deb at May 13, 2015 03:56 PM (hs9Ok)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 13, 2015 04:20 PM (1lH1A)
Most people travelling distances are getting a subsidy of one sort of another. Not sure about bus service (Greyhound and the like), but airline passengers are subsidized. Perhaps not the extent that Amtrak is, but still a subsidy is a subsidy.
For instance, I drive about 80 miles to a small airport to fly Delta. I could go the 10 miles to the closest airport. BUT...here's the kicker: driving the 80 miles (and getting free parking) routinely saves me at least $200, and many times it will be as much as $300.
Now, some of this because the local airport is run by the city, and they're probably charging Delta higher fees (long term parking is $10/day), and Delta probably sees those passengers as a bit of a captive audience that is used to higher costs.
But some of it is because the FAA is giving Delta money to service the smaller airport. And yes, I cheerfully accept that money. Thanks, guys!
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at May 13, 2015 04:42 PM (1hM1d)
square of the velocity. Going twice as fast means four times the force.
Physics can be a real bitch sometimes."
This is simply not true. The centripetal force is directly proportional to the velocity. Maybe you're thinking of kinetic energy?
Posted by: Chris M at May 13, 2015 05:18 PM (k3w9p)
Posted by: Casey Jones at May 13, 2015 05:33 PM (qrUnl)
* insert crack pipe hit here*
Posted by: Casey Jones at May 13, 2015 05:35 PM (qrUnl)
Posted by: Casey Jones at May 13, 2015 05:41 PM (qrUnl)
Posted by: JohnBoy at May 13, 2015 07:54 PM (4trVc)
Apparently he's already been quizzed by the authorities, but we'll see. The engineer who was going double the speed limit in the Spuyten Dyvil wreck (NYC) was just "suspended without pay," but not charged with manslaughter or criminal negligence, which is obscene. People died in that derailment, too. He is facing some civil lawsuits, apparently. People just furious that there's no accountability for these horrific acts.
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Real Clear Politics
Gallup
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)