NEW YORK – Authorities retrieved a second data recorder Monday from a New York City commuter train involved in a derailment that killed 4 people and injured more than 60 others. Investigators trying to determine the cause of the crash planned to interview the engineer and conductor of the train. Earl Weener, of the National Transportation Safety Board, said at the crash site that the second data recorder was found in the train's front car and was sent to Washington for analysis. The other recorder was found earlier in the rear locomotive. Weener said investigators are looking for information on the speed of the train, how the brakes were applied and the throttle setting. He said they've already had some success in retrieving data, but the information has to be validated before it's made public. Investigators could interview the engineer and conductor Monday or Tuesday, Weener said. The NTSB said its investigators could spend up to 10 days probing all aspects of the accident that toppled seven cars and the locomotive, leaving the lead car only inches from the water at a bend in the New York City borough of the Bronx, where the Hudson and Harlem rivers meet. — AP
