Casey Jones
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Good news, for the train crew anyway. My sources say wide gauge is the culprit.
Collision and Derailment in Penn Station 3/24/17, 10:08am
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Casey Jones
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Someone who does not jump to conclusions.
And I know you. How many groups have you been kicked off of?
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Casey Jones
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Acela150
Super Buff
Yes it does.. But as someone who works for the railroad.. Speculation especially about stop signal violations.. That gets not only me ticked off, but others as well... Learn the job then tell me about speculation. FACTS PLEASE! NOT SPECULATION!
I should also add that you even used the word speculation.. Then went on to say oh the gauge was too wide.. So which is it MR. NTSB inspector?
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Dutchrailnut
Conductor
you seem to have it wrong as it was track condition and a car in middle of the Acela derailed.
Acela150
Super Buff
Dutch, who is "you"? There are quite a few posters in the topic.
Triley
Real Lead Service Attendant
I didn't even think of posting on here that I was safe, even though it is a Boston crewed train and I have indeed worked that job many times before.
What is weird is I was going to meet 2151 in DC because I owe the employee in charge in the First Class car $5 (when I worked with him in January I found an extra $10 in my pocket I didn't split with him.)
Other weird thing is...I think that is LSA is bad luck. He also was on the old Night Owl back when it wrecked in Back Bay in the 90s I think it was? (Tom/OBS, yes the EIC was Ed, and from what I heard he was fine!)
Glad to hear the mess is cleaned up, but I'm wondering if delays will be present due to track work now. I'm working 150 in about 2 hours, and it'd be nice to get through relatively on-time.
It was the Cafe car from what I heard, and the door was somehow sheared off.
And I think Dutch was referring to Casey Jones.
Ryan
Court Jester
Yeah, Casey had another post in there that vanished into the black hole of posts from posters that can't follow directions. 
brianpmcdonnell17
Conductor
According to a post on Facebook post with pictures, trains 243 and 244 did operate out of GCT. The train was on Track 38 and listed on the Hudson Line Departure board. It appeared to have a locomotive on each end, one in Phase III and one in Phase V.
Dutchrailnut
Conductor
yes a few later Amtrak ran out of GCT. inbound in 38 but after looping left from other track
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Seaboard92
Engineer
Do you have the pictures?
Don't know if this is a public FB page, or not: https://www.facebook.com/RiverRailPhoto/#
Triley
Real Lead Service Attendant
It's two sets of equipment put together. They range anywhere from 5-6 coaches from my quick check of consists that were running on Thursday. 4-5 coach cars, and 1 split cafe/business, with the cafe portion not in service if the train originates/terminates in Albany.
The set pictured consisted of: 1 P32, 4 coaches, 2 split cafes, 4 coaches, 1 P32. No clue what cars were in service, and what was deadheading, if any.
