The aging infrastructure and deferred maintenance also directly resulted in two Auto Train derailments; one occurred near Florence, South Carolina that injured two-dozen passengers and scattered nearly half the cars along the right-of-way (a typical Auto Train consisted of between three to five ...
An Amtrak Auto Train detoured off its normal route due to the derailment of a CSX freight Monday night and was stuck while waiting for a new crew to arrive. 2 years ago Amtrak train arrives after 37-hour odyssey The 563 passengers and 333 vehicles onboard the train from Washington D.C....
Engineer: Track Misaligned; Investigators Begin Probe of Amtrak Auto Train DerailmentSue Anne PressleyDon Phillips
He says investigators will start their probe in Washington State by reviewing the train's black boxes to see what was happening moments before the crash, testing the engineer to see if drugs or alcohol played a role, and by focusing on the cause of most train derailment. ...
train derailment. The investigation of train derailment is a complex area filled with industry experience, engineering standards, the science of metallurgy and detailed industry regulation standards. The rules and standards are there for a reason and following them saves lives; violating them can often...
When I first heard the news that a train derailed near Havre, I thought- yeah that news happened over the weekend. Oh no, this is ANOTHER train derailment.
which was labeled "Table Car." I had never seen such a car in all my years of travel -- all I can imagine is that is some kind of lounge car, maybe one which was formerly used on the Auto Train before it became Superliner (the Auto Train is about the only AMTRAK train which I...
to a science, go watch the Amtrak Autotrain operation at either the Lorton, Virginia, Northern Terminal or the Sanford, Florida, Southern Terminal. They begin servicing that train the moment it arrives while the cars are being unloaded and re-loaded. If you hang around for just a few ...
DERAILMENT OF AN AMTRACK TRAIN ON THE TRACKS OF THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY AT MELVERN, KANSAS, JULY 5, 1974 The report describes and analyzes a derailment of an Amtrak passenger train which occurred as the train was moving eastward at a speed of about 77 mph. The....
“train ride from hell” back in January. That’s when an Amtrak Auto Train from Washington, D.C., to Orlando, Fla., was delayed by almost 20 hours because of a freight derailment. Some passengers reportedly called 911 and claimed they were being held hostage on the train. The ...