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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 ...
Sep. 14—New Mexico's longest Amtrak route, the Southwest Chief, will not run for the foreseeable future as the railroad company grapples with a labor dispute, an Amtrak spokesperson confirmed ...
The Southwest Chief (formerly the Southwest Limited and Super Chief) is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2,265-mile (3,645 km) route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flagstaff mostly on the BNSF's Southern Transcon, but branches off between Albuquerque and Kansas City via the Topeka, La Junta, Raton, and ...
The Fast Mail derailed on the Portal Bridge, sideswiping the Carolinian. SIR-97-01: August 9, 1997 Southwest Chief: Kingman, Arizona: Derailment 0 183 The train derailed due to a damaged bridge. RAR-98-03: December 20, 1998 Texas Eagle: Arlington, Texas: Derailment 0 22 The train derailed due to a track defect. RAR-01-02: March 15, 1999: City ...
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Amtrak revived the Chief for three months in the summer of 1972 as a second daily Chicago–Los Angeles train (numbers 19 & 20). It complemented the combined Super Chief/El Capitan (numbers 3 & 4), running over the same route. Today, the Southwest Chief remains the only train serving the former route of the Chief.
The accident occurred at 12:02 a.m. local time (5:02 UTC) when Amtrak's Southwest Chief derailed, with four cars falling onto their sides and two others derailing yet remaining upright. The remaining four cars stayed on the rails, as did the 2 locomotives which were pulling the train.