After reports that the Metro-North commuter train that derailed just outside of New York City was traveling at 82 mph along a 30 mph curve, there has been growing speculation about when the train’s brakes were applied. Basic physics may help explain how the train’s seven cars flew off the track, with two flipping on their side near the Hudson River.
Four people died and 67 were injured in the crash, which happened early Sunday morning on a train bound for New York City’s Grand Central Station. The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary findings on the accident, which was largely recovered from the train’s data recorder. Read more…
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