Investigator: Maryland train was going authorized speed when it derailed Monday

Thursday, August 23, 2012

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. -- A coal train that derailed in Maryland was going the authorized speed of 25 miles per hour with an engineer-in-training at the controls before the accident that killed two young women, a federal investigator said Wednesday.

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