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[quote user="samfp1943"]One interesting point was that the Engineer was actually a Conductor- in- training(?), which may have been causal to his 'distraction' while operating the train(?) Were there other personnel/officials in the cab, as well?[/quote] According to NTSB there were the engineer and a trainee conductor.   [quote user="samfp1943"]The Siemens 'Charger' Is considered a 'multi-purpose' type locomotive, and able to be hooked/coupled, to any available train consist(?). [/quote] It is a passenger locomotive (multi-purpose to me means freight and passenger). It was designed to go with all passenger equipment. The modern Talgos are usually DMUs or EMUs.The power cars tilt too in these trains. On the Cascade trains the locomotive didn't tilt so curve speed limit were identical for Talgo and ordinary passenger equipment. It is just more comfortable in Talgo trains. The EMUs are used to get higher curve speeds. The P42 at the wasn't a pusher. It was for protection in case the SC44 failed and was in idle when at the end. samfp1943: When Charger #1402 left the rails(at speed(?); it seemed to vere to the outside of the tangent of the track, and at some point, apparently, rolled over (number of times(?). As fas as we know it derailed at 80 mph. I don't think it rolled over. It fell on its side and was somehow righted at the end of its travel. IIRC there is an animation of the possible course of the derailment on page 4. sampf1943: *Was this because of the pusher locomotive's lack of PTC Controls? The route wasn't equipped with a working PTC yet. sampf1943: *Had a complete TALGO manufactured train set been available, would this derailment been avoided? A Talgo DMU would have tolerated higher curve speeds but not 2.6 time the limit of 30 mph. It would have derailed as well. In Europe it is said that the allowable curve speed of a Talgo DMU can be one third higher than for a conventional train. sampf1943: * It has also been noted that the reconstruction of the track, in the area was done at a cost of something-like $800 million dollars; The Port Defiance Bypass was about $180 Mio. Regards, Volker
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