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7. Fun fact: earlier this year, Gov. Christie orders cuts in NJ transit capital spending...

Thu Sep 29, 2016, 08:50 AM

Sep 2016

...in a funding dispute with the State Legislature (hint - he wouldn't raise the gas tax).

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NJ Transit train crashes into Hoboken station, multiple fatalities reported [View all] brooklynite Sep 2016 OP

Yikes. nt blaze Sep 2016 #1

WOW.... Silver Streak anyone.... whistler162 Sep 2016 #2

Silver Streak was my first thought. spiderpig Sep 2016 #4

Wow - looks like the train leftynyc Sep 2016 #3

Some perspective from a transportation planner... brooklynite Sep 2016 #5

Just got another local ABC report leftynyc Sep 2016 #6

It was the Pascack Valley line from Spring Valley NY Jersey Devil Sep 2016 #11

Pardon, my mistake, the train was a diesel Jersey Devil Sep 2016 #16

No PTC. MicaelS Sep 2016 #15

Would PTC work on a diesel powered train? Jersey Devil Sep 2016 #18

Locomotives are very computerized MicaelS Sep 2016 #19

Do the diesels power the wheels? JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2016 #24

You are correct. MicaelS Sep 2016 #25

How does PTC work in a restricted speed situation? Not Sure Sep 2016 #27

I believe you are right. MicaelS Sep 2016 #28

UPDATE: At least three dead after Hoboken, N.J., train crash: NBC brooklynite Sep 2016 #8

Thanks, brooklynite. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2016 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author bucolic_frolic Sep 2016 #10

Not the time to joke. nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #12

It's a perfectly legitimate if sarcastic question bucolic_frolic Sep 2016 #17

Others have different opinions bucolic_frolic Sep 2016 #23

UPDATE: train was running late (ABC) brooklynite Sep 2016 #13

California Had a Similar Train Derailment TomCADem Sep 2016 #21

You're referring to Chatsworth. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2016 #26

Data recorder recovered from Hoboken train mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2016 #29