On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 12:10:51 PM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

> >It's not "being played down as a possible cause." It's rejected. Why would
> >you even raise it? That couldn't possibly have caused the engineer to exceed
> >timetable speed by 57 mph.
>
> I'm going to retract this statement.
>
> There is some possibility that there was gunfire and that one of the holes
> in the windshield of the locomotive cab might be a bullet hole. If that's
> the case, then yes, there is a possibility that the engineer got distracted
> and became unaware of his location, or wanted to get the hell out of there.

Today ABC and CBS news reported that the NTSB has called in the FBI to
investigate.  According to an earlier Phial Inqr article, if accurate, at
least _two_ other trains in the area, an Aclela and a SEPTA, were hit by
something.

Hopefully they'll thoroughly interview all involved train crews and study any
nearby video more carefully.

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