Multiple fire departments are involved with heavy rescue equipment New Jersey Task Force One for emergency has been activated.Over 100 injured. Multiple reports of trapped people.
A freight engineer on the news said "I saw the engineer. He was slumped over in the cab, someone said he was alive but I don't know"There is report from the inside now that one of the dead is the Engineer. This of course complicates matters a whole heck of a lot since the actual time of death or disablement becomes a very relevant issue.
No. As defined by FRA and designed today PTC is not designed for operation on terminal tracks.Granted we don't have all the facts but is this another accident that would have been prevented by positive train control?
I saw that interview also and thought the same thing. I'm in a fire department and rule #1 with the media is the Incident Commander (chief) either does the interview himself or designates another officer to do it after a private discussion. Linemen never get interviewed. This guy will be in trouble. EDIT: I am assuming the same hierarchy rules apply to the NJT employees regarding media interviews after a major incident. I might be totally wrong."There's no way you could get to the engineer." "The train was going way faster than it should of" "the train should of stopped 30-40ft before the bumber" - NJT worker who will probably get fired because I doubt he's supposed to be talking on the news
Okay thanks for clarificationNo. As defined by FRA and designed today PTC is not designed for operation on terminal tracks.Granted we don't have all the facts but is this another accident that would have been prevented by positive train control?
I believe that the basic support structure was just stabilized with repair of the base of the pillars, but no additional supporting pillars were added.The part of the building that collapsed would be the roof over the concourse, which runs north-south between the main waiting room area and the terminal tracks. Gov. Christie referred to it as an old time structure that was damaged. I do not know if it was completely rebuilt some years ago, but it was modified to include the skylights seen in today's coverage.
I don't know if he passed or not. The engineer said he wasn't sure if he was alive or Not, just that he heard someone say they think he's still alive. Details may be wrong. It was a freight engineer who was interviewed on CNNIt is a relief to see that the reported demise of the engineer was false alarm. A ray of good new among the bad.
I believe that the basic support structure was just stabilized with repair of the base of the pillars, but no additional supporting pillars were added.The part of the building that collapsed would be the roof over the concourse, which runs north-south between the main waiting room area and the terminal tracks. Gov. Christie referred to it as an old time structure that was damaged. I do not know if it was completely rebuilt some years ago, but it was modified to include the skylights seen in today's coverage.
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