hoborich wrote: I still don't believe the speed they have now corrected. Neither the lead locomotive, nor any of the passenger cars even made it to the far side of the road.
The locomotive traveled farther than your estimate of 71 - 94 yards. While the measurement I did is not official, it does show likely how far the locomotive did travel.hoborich wrote: stopped about three to four locomotive lengths from where it left the tracks,
This photo shows the damaged signal mast showing where the charger left the rails.
http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/70/13/26/14 ... 4x1024.jpg
This photo you can see and count three white lines on the pavement.
https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-cont ... 0x1040.jpg
Here you can clearly see the signal mast, so starting my measurement right before it, all the way to the third white line on the pavement. A conservative 144 yards.
144 yards is just a tad over 6 charger lengths, not 3 or 4. So if you were standing at the end of a football field looking towards the other end of that field, the charger traveled roughly 24 yards beyond that 120 yard field. A charger traveling that far with out the aid of rails is IMO, not a good thing. The NTSB will have the correct speed after the investigation.