November 10, 2021 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: KING 5, November 9, 2021) DUPONT, Wash. — Amtrak will resume service along the Point Defiance Bypass route after years of delays following the deadly 2017 derailment in DuPont. Full story: www.king5.com
November 9, 2021 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Palm Beach Post, November 8, 2021) POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — A Brightline train hit a vehicle in Pompano Beach on the high-speed rail line’s first full day of service following the pandemic shutdown, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office....
November 3, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, UP
(Source: Des Moines Register, November 2, 2021) DES MOINES, Iowa — Hazardous materials crews are continuing to clean up a Carlisle-area train derailment that caused plastic pellets to leak into the Middle River and corn syrup to leak into a forest. Full story: Des...
October 28, 2021 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Associated Press, October 27, 2021) HELENA, Mont. — Two Democratic members of Congress introduced legislation Wednesday to end an arbitration clause that Amtrak implemented in January 2019 and give customers the right to sue the passenger rail service to...
October 27, 2021 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, October 26, 2021) (NTSB Note: This information is preliminary and will be either supplemented or corrected during the course of the investigation. Release date October 26, 2021.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On...
October 27, 2021 | Accident, Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, October 26, 2021) HELENA, Mont. — A preliminary report on an Amtrak train derailment in Montana last month that killed three people and injured dozens more offered no clues about what triggered the accident, but said the train’s emergency...
October 22, 2021 | Accident, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WGRZ, October 20, 2021) CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — A rail worker suffered a severe arm injury Wednesday morning while working at the Norfolk Southern Railway off Kennedy Road in Cheektowaga. Police say a train was heading west when it hit the man...
October 4, 2021 | Accident, Amtrak, FRA, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Washington Post, October 1, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s been a week since an Amtrak train derailed in rural Montana, killing three people and injuring dozens more. Federal investigators are working to determine what caused the derailment, which halted...
May 5, 2021 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: USA Today, May 5, 2021) MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Crews worked to untangle subway cars that dangled from a Mexico City overpass Tuesday after a collapse killed at least 24 people in the deadliest accident in the history of one of the world’s busiest subway...
May 4, 2021 | Accident, Headlines
(Source: NBC News, May 4, 2021) MEXICO CITY, Mexico — A Mexico City subway train overpass collapsed onto a busy road below on Monday night, killing at least 23 people, including children, authorities said. More than 60 people were injured. Full story: NBC...
