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Map of the train's position following the derailment Aerial view of the derailed train. At about 9:10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, Amtrak's northbound Northeast Regional No. 188 led by Amtrak ACS-64 601 departed Philadelphia's 30th Street Station en route to New York City from Washington D.C. [2] [10] [11] The train consisted of seven cars hauled by a year-old Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS)-64 ...
30th Street Station, officially William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, is a major intermodal transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The station opened in 1933 as Pennsylvania Station–30th Street , replacing the 1881 Broad Street station as the Pennsylvania Railroad 's main station in the city.
Sept 12 (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday dismissed criminal charges against the driver of the Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia in 2015, killing eight passengers and injuring ...
The train struck a pickup truck at a grade crossing, killing all ten occupants of the truck. RHR-78-2 June 9, 1978 Montrealer: Seabrook, Maryland: Train collision 0 176 A Conrail commuter train collided with the rear end of the Amtrak train. RAR-79-3 March 28, 1979 Empire Builder: Lohman, Montana: Derailment 0 48 The train derailed due to a ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The last wrecked railcars from the deadly Amtrak accident were removed Friday as investigators tried to figure out why the train sped up from 70 mph to over 100 mph in the ...
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The NTSB determined that the train was traveling at 106 mph, below the authorized speed of 110 mph. [5] [1] [6] The Siemens ACS-64 locomotive 627 sustained extensive damage to its cab and was derailed; at least two of the cars were damaged. [7] Two maintenance workers—a backhoe operator and a track supervisor—were killed in the crash. [5]