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news media. tell our viewers what the investigators said. reporter: well, a lot of information coming out. first we should tell you that according to the data recorders, that were recovered from the trains, first of all, the track seemed to check out okay. the signaling system seemed to be checking out as well. what is most disturbing to officials here is the speed at which the train was traveling, 82 miles an hour going into that type curve. also, the data recorder revealing that six seconds before the train came to a stop, the throttle was released. five seconds before the train came to a stop, the brakes were applied. simply not enough time to stop those trains from derailing. the train was traveling at approximately 82 miles per hour as it went into a 30 mile an hour curve. six seconds from 80 miles an hour to zero is amazingly fast, troublingly, dangerously fast,