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Follow up on amtrak accident at union staton. I got some scuttlebut from one of the metra conductor hetold me the engineer told him that it was a faulty switch that caused the accident supposedly the switch was installed about a 100 years ago. it is my understanding that amtak is responsible for maintence of tracks by Union station
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heh but hey a Switch installed yesterday can also fail "Even if it is Maintained"Researching the Northeast Corridor Philadelphia Subdivision, and trying to get info on Port Richmond Terminal (Reading Railroad)
Bob
Philadelphia, Pa
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LAST EDITED ON Oct-15-02 AT 11:56 PM (EDT)
I agree Bob, for something like a broken rail or a switch machine to points link. Things like metel fatigue can't be planned for. But if it's something like a loose or missing bolt then there is nowhere to point the finger at but at sloppy maintenence.
Regards,
Vince Cockeram
NEC Track Team
http://hometown.aol.com/nectrackteam/main.html
E-Mail me at vcockeram@lvcm.com
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Thanks for the information. I didn't really want to say anything before on the other post without getting the facts and more info's. I kinda thought it might be a faulty switches cuz it looked like part of the train was sitting on the switch that had gone bad or something like that from what I can see on TV.
Ken
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