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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.
Washington, D.C. Employee collision 2 0 The train struck two CSX workers walking along their train. RAB-19-01: December 18, 2017: Amtrak Cascades: DuPont, Washington: Derailment 3 65 The train derailed due to excessive speed on a curve. RAR-19-01: January 31, 2018: Charter train Crozet, Virginia: Grade crossing 1 9
On January 13, 2024, Amtrak announced that after thirteen previous failures, the Avelia Liberty had passed a series of computer simulations of running the trains over the Northeast Corridor tracks. Having passed the simulation, the trainsets were approved by the Federal Railroad Administration for on-track testing between Washington and Boston ...
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“If they’re not going to fix it, or raise the road, this crossing shouldn’t even exist. They should have just closed it,” said Bob Comer, who has investigated train crashes for more than ...
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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 ...
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