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At 2:53 a.m., [1] Amtrak's Sunset Limited train, powered by three locomotives (one GE Genesis P40DC number 819 in the front and two EMD F40PHs, numbers 262 and 312) en route from Los Angeles, California, to Miami, Florida, with 220 passengers and crew aboard, crossed the bridge at around 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) and derailed at the kink ...
The Sunset Limited is a long-distance passenger train run by Amtrak, operating on a 1,995-mile (3,211 km) route between New Orleans and Los Angeles. Major stops include Houston , San Antonio and El Paso in Texas, as well as Tucson, Arizona .
The 1995 Palo Verde derailment took place on October 9, 1995, when Amtrak's Sunset Limited was derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona on Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. Two locomotives , Amtrak GE P32-8BWH #511 leading and EMD F40PHR #398 trailing, and eight of twelve cars derailed, four of them falling 30 feet (9 m) off a trestle ...
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 cracked wheel. RAR-79-7: April 20, 1979 Metroliner: Edison, New Jersey: Equipment collision 0 73 The train struck track maintenance equipment. RAR-79-10 October 2, 1979 ...
The Sunset Limited was rerouted to bypass Phoenix at the request of Union Pacific. The Three Rivers (1995–2005) rounding Horseshoe Curve in 2002 In 1997, funding issues forced Amtrak to discontinue the Desert Wind and Pioneer , severing Las Vegas , Wyoming , and Southern Idaho from the rail network.
In 1993, Amtrak extended the long-distance Sunset Limited from New Orleans to Florida, consequently restoring service along the New Orleans–Mobile corridor. Amtrak revived the Gulf Coast Limited on June 27, 1996, following the cancellation of the Gulf Breeze. The states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi each contributed $185,000 for a 90 ...
The Amtrak Sunset Limited operates three round-trips weekly over the entirety of the route, and the Texas Eagle from Chicago is attached between San Antonio and Los Angeles. In December 2023, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced a grant through its Corridor ID Program to increase the frequency of the Sunset Limited to full daily ...
The Southern Pacific Railroad built the depot in 1924. [1]The city of Tempe purchased the building in 1987 and renovated it. The station was served by Amtrak's Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle from 1987 until June 3, 1996, when Amtrak was forced to re-route the trains due to deteriorated track conditions on the secondary Union Pacific Railroad line which diverged from the mainline to serve ...