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 Message 3179 
 Carl Zwanzig to Stephen Furley 
 Re: AP estimates train in deadly crash w 
 14 May 15 14:03:22 
 
From: zbang@sonic.net

On 5/14/2015 10:02 AM, Stephen Furley wrote:
>   Would the conductor have access to an emergency brake?  If
> so, then it's even more difficult to understand how two people could have
> not been aware that the train was travelling at such an excessive speed.

Yes, but in the first few minutes after leaving the station, the conductors
would be doing tickets and seat checks. They wouldn't be looking out the
windows to notice.

Trying to place this on a map- the train went off on the curve just past
Shore Tower? (Does that even exist anymore?)

z!

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