These idiots on CNN (palm to face)!!! The engine was pushing, not pulling...

I'm portable in Puyallup scanning all State Ops channels, nothing so far..

The sharp 30 mph curve where an Amtrak train derailed in Washington this week was not supposed to be there at all, according to a new report. An $11 billion Washington State government plan to speed up passenger and freight rail service throughout the Pacific Northwest called for an elimination of the turn. But that request was not included in the final design, once the state won federal funding for the Point Defiance railroad bypass south of Tacoma, Wash., The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The plan was ditched because the turn in question was deemed too costly to remove, the outlet reported, citing documents and state officials. That decision proved deadly on Monday, when a speeding ...