traveling three times the posted speed. killing four. with more than 11 million passengers traveling along the northeast corridor between washington and boston each year it has become one of the busiest, most complex, technically advanced rail systems in the world. engineering professor says while traveling by train is largely safe, passengerss should be mor concerned about the tracks, and not engineers. most are caused by equipment, rail problems. rails can fracture from metal fatigue, or move around and shift, or anything else that moves. common ones are wheels, beari bearings, axels. the site of tuesday s crash in philadelphia is in the same area where the nation saw one of its deadliest train accidents in history.
washington and boston each year, it has become one of the busiest most complex and technically advanced rail systems in the world. engineering professor george veidel says while traveling by train is largely safe, passengers should be more concerned about the state of the track than engineers. while most derailments are caused by equipment error, rail problems are a common one. rails can fracture from metal fatigue or they can move around and shift or anything else that moves. common ones are wheels, bearings and axles. coincidentally, despite tuesday s crash in philadelphia is in the same area where the nation saw one of its deadliest train accidents in history. in 1943, a train traveling from washington to new york went off the tracks, killing 79 people. that was susan malveaux
passengers along the northeast corridor between washington and boston it has become one of the busiest, most complex technically advanced rail systems in the world. engineering professor george bible says while traveling by train is largely safe passengers should be more concerned about the state of the tracks than speeding engineers. most derailments are caused by equipment error, rail problems are a common one. rails can fracture from metal fatigue or move around and shift or anything else that moves. common ones are wheels bearings and axles. coincidentally the site of tuesday s crash in philadelphia is in the same area where the nation saw one of its deadliest train accidents in history. in 1943 a train traveling from washington to new york went off the tracks killing 79 people. suzanne malveaux cnn,
in december 2013 federal safety officials say in the bronx, another metro north jumped its tracks as it barrelled around the curve traveling three times it posted speed, killing four. with more than 11 million passengers traveling along the northeast corridor between washington and boston each year it s become one of the busiest, most complex and technically advanced rail systems in the world. engineering professor george bible says while traveling by train is largely safe passengers should be more concerned about the state of the tracks than speeding engineers. most derailments are caused by equipment error, rail problems are a common one. the rails can fracture from metal fatigue or move around and shift or anything else that moves. the common ones are wheels barings and axels. reporter: co-incidentally,
with more than 11 million passengers traveling along the northeast corridor between washington and boston each year it has become one of the busiest, most complex, and technically advanced rail systems in the world. engineering professor george bibel says while traveling by train is largely safe passengers should be more concerned about the state of the tracks than speeding engineers. while most derailments are caused by equipment error, rail problems are a common one. the rails can fracture from metal fatigue or they can move around and shift or anything else that moves. common ones are wheels bearings axles. reporter: coincidentally, the site of tuesday s crash in philadelphia is in the same area where the nation saw one of its deadliest train accidents in history. in 1943 a train traveling from washington to new york went off the tracks killing 79 people.