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On December 18, 2017, Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501 derailed near DuPont, Washington, United States.The National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) final report said regional transit authority Sound Transit failed to take steps to mitigate a curve at the accident location, and inadequately trained the train engineer.
2016 Hoboken train crash, Hoboken, New Jersey; 1 killed plus 114 injured [289] [290] [291] 2017 Washington train derailment, DuPont, Washington; 3 killed plus 62 injured [292] [293] [294] 2017 Brooklyn train crash, Brooklyn, New York; 103 injured [295] [296] [297] 2018 Cayce, South Carolina train collision; 2 killed plus 116 injured [298] [299 ...
An Amtrak train derailed on Monday during its inaugural run, sending part of the train crashing down onto a major highway and killing passengers. Passenger train on new route derails in Washington ...
On June 3, 2016, a Union Pacific train with 96 tank cars carrying Bakken oil from New Town, North Dakota to U.S. Oil and Refining in Tacoma, Washington derailed in the Columbia River Gorge near Mosier, Oregon. Sixteen of the 96 cars derailed after the train's emergency brake system about 18 cars back from the engines engaged - several cars then ...
January 13, 2014 – A BNSF train derails near Kent, Washington, after a landslide. The landslide also disrupted Amtrak and Sound Transit passenger rail service. [29] January 17, 2014 – A BNSF train hauling fruits, vegetables and empty intermodal cars derails near Williston, North Dakota.
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18 December - United States - 2017 Washington train derailment: Amtrak Cascades passenger train #501, the inaugural run of the Cascades service on a new rail line designed for higher speeds than the previous route, failed to slow down when approaching a 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) speed restriction and derailed on a bridge over I-5 in Pierce ...
The four-car train overran the station platform and struck an unoccupied train that was awaiting assignment. [2] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation found that the crash was a result of a failure in the train's computer-controlled braking system. The NTSB recommended that Metro grant train operators the ability to ...