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Mercury has been direct since the 20th so

we still got the Uranus square Pluto celestial

influence "twist" to basically all disaster whether

it be railroad orientated or not but the railroads

have had some pretty spectular disasters to

contend with and now this latest in Spain.

 

Spain Train Crash: Dozens Killed And Injured

http://news.sky.com/story/1120030/spain-train-crash-dozens-killed-and-injured



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Includes video of the crash happening.

120 mph into a 50 mph curve.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23447147



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Train operator in fatal Spain
derailment bragged on Facebook
about going too fast: report
POST STAFF REPORT
Last Updated: 6:32 PM, July 25, 2013
Posted: 6:23 PM, July 25, 2013
Gawker.comFrancisco Jose Garzon Amo posted a screenshot of the train's
speedometer -- going too fast -- before the crash that claimed the lives of at least
80 people in Spain.
Not only was one of the operators of the Spanish train that fatally derailed
Wednesday going way too fast, he also found time to brag about it on Facebook.
Francisco Jose Garzon Amo posted photos of the trains speedometer on the social
networking site, according to Spain media outlet El Pais. Garzon is in custody at a
hospital where he is recovering from minor injuries. The accident claimed the lives
of at least 80 people.
Garzon, 52, posted a photo of the speedometer reading 200 km/h (125 mph). He
responded to a friend who commented on the picture: If I went any faster, theyd
fine me. A screengrab was obtained by Gawker.com and then later removed from
Garzons Facebook.
What fun it would be to drive side-by-side the police and then pass them by,
triggering the speed radar, Garzon added. Haha, bit of a fine or [train operator]
Renfe, ha ha!
Garzon, a 30-year veteran of Spains national rail network, radioed in right before
the crash saying the train was going 190 km/h (120 mph).
APThis image taken from security camera video shows a train derailing in Santiago
de Compostela, Spain, on Wednesday.



-- Edited by Cy Valley on Thursday 25th of July 2013 09:00:49 PM

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Unbelievable...



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FMB wrote:

Unbelievable...

 Unfortunately..... believable.



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Casey was a high wheeler, when such things were appreciated or, at least, not frowned on the way it became later. Read a lengthy article about Casey once, it had portions where they had interviewed some of his contemporaries in the 1940's or 50's. They all said Casey, essentially, had the "gift", could get more out of a locomotive than most. Even at that, Casey's service record, even for that time, was full of infractions and he had amassed several points against him, however that worked.

Of course, we all know how it all worked out.

The old heads told stories about an engineer named Orrie Palmer, I don't know if that was short for Orville or what. He was a legend, he had the "gift", and by the time I heard stories about him, he'd been gone nearly twenty years. Yet, it was said that the RFE kept a whole drawer full of infractions against Orrie, just for reference.

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By Elizabeth Chuck, Staff Writer, NBC News
The driver of a Spanish train that derailed and killed 79 people was talking on the phone when the train flew off a tight curve, court documents show.
In the moments before the derailment, Garzon received a call on his work phone from Spain's national train company Renfe, court documents show. The call was to inform Francisco Garzon, 52, of the route that he needed to take. The court said Garzon was talking to train company personnel and based on black-box data recorders, appeared to be consulting a paper document at the time of the derailment.

A court statement said the driver of the Spain train derailment that killed or injured nearly everyone on board was speaking on the phone at the time of the accident. NBC's Brian Williams reports.


Black-box data recorders also showed Garzon had been driving the train as fast as 192 kph 119 mph seconds before the brakes were activated and the derailment happened.
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Garzon is suspected of driving the train at more than twice the posted speed limit through the outskirts of the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. The estimated speed of the train when it derailed was 153 kph, or 95 mph, black box data recorder showed double the speed it should have been going.
The chairman of the national railway company Renfe said drivers are required to disconnect their private phones while on the job. Land lines are recommended for safe communications and corporate phones are allowed exclusively for instructions.

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