One Year After Fatal Amtrak Derailment

FACT SHEET: One Year After Train Derailment, Biden-Harris ...

One year ago, on February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, jeopardizing the community's safety ...

Poorly designed crossing contributed to fatal 2022 Missouri Amtrak ...

Federal investigators said a dump truck driver in rural Missouri last year may have never seen an oncoming Amtrak train before it was too ...

Are train derailments becoming more common in the US? - USAFacts

For the last decade, an average of 1300 trains derailed each year, accounting for 61% of all train accidents.

All 8 fatal victims in Amtrak crash identified - 6abc Philadelphia

Bob Gildersleeve of Maryland was among the people killed in a deadly Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. The ...

Amtrak sues dump truck owner after fatal Missouri train crash

Amtrak and BNSF Railway have filed a federal lawsuit claiming a Missouri company's negligence led to a train crash and derailment Monday that killed four ...

Causes of Fatal Amtrak Train Derailment Announced - Pierce County

WASHINGTON (May 21, 2019) — Failure to provide an effective mitigation for a hazardous curve and inadequate training of a locomotive engineer led to the ...

Amtrak Train Derailment, Mendon, Missouri - KSHB 41 News

Attorneys: Passengers have right to sue Amtrak, BNSF over Missouri crash. Sam Hartle. 9:49 AM, Nov 04, 2022 ; BNSF files suit against victims of fatal train ...

Greeks Mark Anniversary of Fatal Train Crash With Protests

One year since the fatal train accident that claimed 57 lives, unions staged a 24-hour strike and people joined protest demonstrations all ...

Bourbonnais, Illinois ceremony marks 25 years since semi, Amtrak ...

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. (WLS) -- A ceremony on Friday marked 25 years since a deadly Amtrak train crash in Bourbonnais.

'I was walking over bodies': 1991 Amtrak crash near Camden killed 8

The Feb. 4, 2018, crash in Cayce, SC, was not the first deadly Amtrak derailment in the Midlands. A 1991 crash near Camden killed 8 people.

2017 Amtrak derailment survivor defies odds, learns to walk again ...

On December 18, 2017, an Amtrak train making its inaugural run of a new, faster service route between Seattle and Portland derailed near ...

Over 50 Injured, Three Killed in Amtrak Train Derailment

Does Amtrak have a derailment problem? ... Now, it's up to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to find out why this fatal train ...

Amtrak Crash - Unsolved Mysteries

One person was killed and scores injured. The cause of the wreck: sabotage. According to Bruce Gebhardt, special agent in charge with the F.B.I., agents on the ...

Fatal Amtrak Crash in South Carolina Is New Challenge for Rail ...

A passenger train crashed into a freight train on Sunday, killing two people and injuring more than 100 in the third high-profile crash ...

Amtrak could pay no more than $200 million to crash victims - PBS

For the first time, Amtrak could face a $200 million payout to train crash victims — the limit set by Congress. But that may be too low to ...

Feds says 'poor track conditions' led to fatal Amtrak derailment

Federal investigators say it was a combination of track problems near Joplin that led to the derailment that killed three people and injured ...

How often do trains derail? More often than you think - KTLA

... after an Amtrak train derailed after colliding with a vehicle in Moorpark ... From 1990, the first year the BTS began tracking derailments and ...

$265 Million Settlement Reached in May 2015 Amtrak Train No. 188 ...

The case settled for a record $265 million after less than two years of federal multi-district litigation. ... year's fatal derailment in Philadelphia of Amtrak ...

national - NTSB

1,600 feet of rail, and 2 turnouts (switches) at the Orlon crossover were replaced as a result of the accident. The CSXT and Amtrak provided the following ...

25 years later, people still talk about the Amtrak crash | Bourbonnais

Families who lost loved ones and first responders on the scene of the Amtrak crash in Bourbonnais on March 15, 1999, recall the incident 25 ...