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The train derailed due to spreading of the rail. RAR-76-6: November 19, 1975 Turboliner: Elwood, Illinois: Grade crossing 0 41 The train was struck by a dump truck at a grade crossing. RHR-76-2: June 30, 1976 Panama Limited: Goodman, Mississippi: Derailment 1 51 The train derailed due to track failure, caused by oscillation of the train from ...
A 911 call center on Monday took some responsibility for an Amtrak train derailment last week in southwestern Michigan, saying it misidentified a crossing and contacted a different railroad to ...
The crash happened Thursday evening near New Buffalo in Michigan's southwestern corner, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) east of Chicago. Chicago-bound Amtrak train derails after hitting empty ...
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 ...
[182] [183] However, the derailment received constant coverage from news outlets since the initial derailment, [175] [184] though Media Matters for America noted most television news coverage did not cover it in depth and presented it merely "as an accident", with little mention of railway industry lobbying or safety regulation concerns. [185]
On June 27, 2022, the Southwest Chief, a passenger train operated by Amtrak, derailed near the small town of Mendon, Missouri. The derailment was caused by the train striking a dump truck that was obstructing the crossing of County Road 113, about three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Mendon. Four people were killed in the wreck: three passengers ...
According to Amtrak, there were 243 passengers and 12 crew members on board the Southwest Chief Train 4 when eight cars and two locomotives derailed near Mendon, Mo., about 100 miles northeast of ...
1990 Market–Frankford Line subway derailment, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 4 killed plus 162 injured [221] [222] [223] 1991 Dunsmuir, California derailment; no human deaths but vast numbers of aquatic animals poisoned to death by chemical leak [224] [225] [226] 1991 Lugoff derailment in South Carolina; 8 killed, 76 injured [227]