On November 14 of this year the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a "lack of a strong safety culture was at the heart" of an Amtrak accident that led to the death of two maintenance workers in Chester, PA last year. ...
"Our concerns are very focused on this grade crossing, the approach to the grade crossing and survivability after an accident." MORE: 3 dead, 2 injured after Amtrak train collides with car in California: Officials Homendy said she confirmed with the director of the Missouri Department of ...
February 23, 2023 Investigators probing a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment in Montana disclosed that the railroad track was bent along a curve near the accident site, and the problem got worse as freight trains traveled over the area before the crash. Details on … ...
The accident scene is about 150 miles (241 kilometers) northeast of Helena and about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from the border with Canada. Liberty County sheriff’s dispatcher Starr Tyler told The Associated Press that three people died in the derailment. She did not have more details. Amtr...
Public Transit Blog-October 22, 2024 Press statement: Funding approved for the return of passenger rail in Mobile AmtrakPublic Transit Blog-August 6, 2024 City councilmembers in Mobile, Alabama have removed a barrier to passenger rail’s return in the Coastal South. Today, the City Council of...
Mark Matousek
Portions of the NEC date from before the Civil War. In addition to the advanced age of much of the NEC infrastructure, its alignment was laid out at a time when the top speed of trains was much less than is possible today. These two factors have complicated Amtrak's efforts to improve ...
“The public needs information and assurances on the safety of rail travel before the lengthy NTSB investigation on today’s accident, along with other ongoing NTSB investigations, such as last year’s Amtrak fatal derailment outside of Seattle, concludes,” Norton said in her press release. “...
Peter J. Howe, Globe Staff