Poor Crabtownboy's story just keeps falling apart.
Turns out a governor WAS installed, and the UNION driver had it turned off.
The speed of the Amtrak train that crashed and killed at least eight people surged from 70mph to 106mph just seconds before it derailed, it has been revealed.
The NTSB said the commuter service was travelling at twice the speed limit when it came off the tracks near Philadelphia's 30th Street station on Tuesday night.
Engineer Brandon Bostian, 32, hit the emergency brakes, but it was too late.
It has also been claimed that 'Positive Train Control' - used to slow the train down - was actually installed but wasn't turned on, leading to the fatalities and more than 200 injuries…...
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nt-installed-not-turned-on.html#ixzz3aF8Mmt8Z
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House Committee Votes To Cut Funding For Amtrak
Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Crabtownboy, May 14, 2015.
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
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church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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just-want-peace Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Amtrak is one of the worst of all pork barrel gov't institutions. Only a scant few of its legs make money or are even utilized by enough people to justify them.
Of course like many liberal inventions, the experiment isn't complete without overpaid and underperforming union employees who think they're "owed" the world.
Can rail make money today? YES.... but not carrying people.
Take the money going to Amtrak and LAY MORE TRACK for freight trains.
PS- My business ships about 40 railcars per month. Sometimes our "switch" is late or doesn't come at all. You see on a "one way" track... the Amtrak train has right of way even if it is going in the WRONG DIRECTION. The indirect costs of Amtrak likely dwarf the outrageously unprofitable direct costs. -
But on the whole, I agree. Other than interstates, other states shouldn't be paying for Montana's roads.... or Missouri's... or New York's... or anyone else's. It is an intentional use of money to coerce states into obeying the feds when they don't actually have a basis in law. It is corrupt to the core. -
Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
AmTrak raked in the stimulus bucks…..
Democrats did not hesitate to call for additional infrastructure spending for Amtrak immediately after the deadly derailment Tuesday evening, despite a $1.3 billion investment in the company from the 2009 stimulus law.
According to Recovery.gov, Amtrak received $1,295,804,688 from President Barack Obama’s stimulus law through a grant from the Department of Transportation (DOT) filed under “Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction.”
The grant noted that roughly 50 percent of the money went to “infrastructure improvements” in the Northeast Corridor.
The funding, all of which has been allocated, paid for 154 individual projects in 46 states, and the District of Columbia. The grant mandated that at least $850 million go directly to infrastructure.
“The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) appropriated $1.3 billion to Amtrak for capital investment,” the grant states. “The ARRA requires that Amtrak allocate $850 million for funding to rebuild and modernize infrastructure and equipment.”
The $1.3 billion from the stimulus law was on top of Amtrak’s $1.488 billion budget in 2009. The stimulus funds were allocated between 2009 and 2011….
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Where is Crabby now? He won't come out to play now that the real truth has been revealed.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
By the way, you and others have said all kinds of things, but avoided the real topic which is the Republicans do not care about the safety of the citizens of America.
Please stop parroting the RNC talking points and wake up to what the GOP is doing which for the most part is not at all for your benefit.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Also, it is the GOP who wants to cut all federal funding to highways. Where does that leave those who commute by train.
Wake up Rolf and see what the GOP is trying to do to you. It isn't pretty. -
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
So, Rev., why is the GOP so keen to reduce safety standards for the citizens of our great country as articles I have referenced shows?
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
So, Rev., again, why is it the GOP wants to reduce safety standards for Americans.
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Here he wants to ignore what I have previously posted and post false accusations.
Crabby you are now exposed. Your behavior is above someone of your age. You should know better. Shame on you. -
Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
I noticed he hasn't addressed a single rebuttal.
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