October 7, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Arizona Republic, October 6, 2021) TUSCON, Ariz. — A public funeral for Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Michael Garbo will be held on Friday, Oct. 8, at Calvary Chapel in Tucson, according to the administration. Full story: Arizona...
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...
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...
