September 30, 2021 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KRTV, September 29, 2021) GREAT FALLS, Montana — Burlington-Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) has reopened the northern Montana line where an Amtrak passenger derailed over the weekend. Full story: www.krtv.com
September 30, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, September 29, 2021) BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — Three Mississippi cities and Birmingham, Alabama have been awarded grants to improve their train stations ahead of the planned return of Amtrak service to the Gulf Coast. Full story: Miami...
September 29, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, September 28, 2021) JOPLIN, Montana — Trevor Fossen was running late for a wedding Saturday afternoon when he turned onto a dusty, gravel road in rural Montana as a westbound train approached the crossing in front of him. The next thing he...
September 29, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Television station KFOR, September 28, 2021) TULSA, Okla. — A father and son are recovering from sore muscles after being passengers on the westbound Amtrak train, Empire Builder, which derailed in north-central Montana, killing three people and sending seven...
September 29, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, September 28, 2021) SAVANNAH, Ga. — Don Varnadoe spent months watching videos about train trips on his office computer in preparation for a special cross-country vacation to celebrate his and Margie Varnadoe’s 50th wedding anniversary....
September 29, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, P.C. press release, September 28, 2021) CHICAGO — The first lawsuit following the fatal derailment in Montana of Amtrak’s Seattle-bound Empire Builder Train #7/27 was filed today by attorneys from Saltz Mongeluzzi &...
September 29, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, September 28, 2021) NEW YORK — Virginia has expanded daily Amtrak service from Richmond to the Northeast Corridor as part of its $3.7 billion initiative to improve passenger and freight rail capacity and relieve automotive traffic congestion in...
September 28, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: CNN, September 27, 2021) JOPLIN, Montana — The National Transportation Safety Board says it is reviewing on-board video as well as data from the “black box” of the Amtrak Empire Builder train that derailed in rural Montana on Saturday, leaving...
September 28, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, September 27, 2021) JOPLIN, Montana — An Amtrak train that derailed in rural Montana over the weekend was going just under the speed limit at about 75 mph (121 kph) when it went off the track along a gradual curve, killing three people and...
September 28, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: The Brunswick News, September 27, 2021) BRUNSWICK, Georgia — A retired St. Simons Island real estate agent and his wife, a Glynn County school system teacher and administrator, were among three passengers killed Saturday afternoon, September 25, when a...
