Steims posted:Transportation disasters typically are never caused by a single event. The systems we have tend to involve and element of human error and mechanical/electrical failures. This event sure sounds like a dispatcher threw the switch
How do you know it was a "power switch", controlled by a Dispatcher?
not knowing the Amtrak was southbound and then the (known) signal failures failed to warn the Amtrak what was ahead.
How do you know it was a "signal failure"?
I suspect the Amtrak engineer started braking as soon as he saw the switch thrown but there was not enough distance to stop.
Thoughts and prayers go out.