June 20, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station KIRO 7, June 19, 2019) TUKWILA, Wash. — In Tukwila on Wednesday, Dane Cheatley boarded an Amtrak Cascades train, just like the one that derailed near DuPont in 2017 and killed three people. Full story: www.kiro7.com
June 19, 2019 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 18, 2019) FORT WORTH, Texas — Investigators will consider storm-related flooding to help determine what caused an April 24 freight train derailment in North Texas that sent 25 tanker cars off the tracks. Full story:...
June 13, 2019 | Headlines, NTSB, Remote Control
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, June 11, 2019) NEW YORK — A remote-controlled locomotive struck and killed a CSX railroad employee back on April 13, and the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed it almost two months later. Allen Lowe, who had worked...
May 28, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: www.mynorthwest.com, May 24, 2019) SEATTLE, Wash. — Washington State Senator Steve O’Ban is proposing a new transportation panel in response to the fatal train derailment near DuPont in 2017. Standing at the site of incident, he pointed to some of the...
May 28, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Tacoma News Tribune, May 25, 2019) TACOMA, Wash. — Call it a crash, or call it a catastrophe. But don’t call the December 2017 Amtrak train derailment near DuPont, which killed three people and injured dozens more, an accident. Full story:...
May 23, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station KIRO 7, May 22, 2019) SEATTLE — The State of Washington will soon remove the type of older train from Amtrak Cascades service that crashed in 2017, killing three people. Of the six Amtrak Cascades trains that run between Eugene, Oregon, and...
May 23, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Radio station KCUR 98.3, May 22, 2019) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Passenger trains will keep rolling through rural communities in Kansas, for now. But Amtrak still hasn’t committed to operating the long-distance routes that connect small towns to larger cities...
May 22, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Tacoma News Tribune, May 21, 2019) TACOMA, Wash. — An Amtrak train derailment near DuPont that killed three and injured dozens happened because the engineer lost track of where he was on the route and was going more than twice the speed limit when he hit a...
May 17, 2019 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, May 16, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board plans to hold a board meeting Tuesday, 1 p.m. (EDT), to determine the probable cause of the fatal, Dec. 18, 2017, Amtrak accident...
April 26, 2019 | Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 26, 2019) FORT WORTH, Texas — Some tanker cars involved in a fiery train derailment Wednesday in south Fort Worth were older model rail cars that are considered less safe for transporting flammable liquids than newer models,...
