Amtrak

World Sep 26, 2021

At least three dead and dozens injured after U.S. train derailment

Around 141 passengers and 16 crew members were traveling from Chicago toward the Pacific coast when eight of the 10 cars came off the tracks.

World Jan 31, 2019

'Absolute coldest' deadly deep freeze stretches from U.S. Midwest to Eastern Seaboard

A large swath of the United States was gripped by brutal cold and wind chills on Wednesday as record-low temperatures caused by a blast of Arctic air moved across the Midwest and into Eastern states, prompting residents to stay indoors. Classes were canceled Wednesday and ...

World Feb 6, 2018

Padlocked track switch lined into siding blamed in fatal South Carolina Amtrak crash

A locked track switch is being blamed for the crash of an Amtrak passenger train into a freight train that killed two people and injured more than 100 in South Carolina on Sunday and is again raising questions about the roll-out of a new ...

World Feb 5, 2018

Amtrak train apparently directed onto wrong track in fatal South Carolina crash

An Amtrak passenger train apparently traveling on the wrong track collided with a parked freight train in South Carolina on Sunday, killing two crew members and injuring at least 116 other people in the railroad's third fatal crash in as many months, authorities said. Investigators ...

World Dec 21, 2017

Mangled locomotive, last piece of Amtrak train wreckage, removed from Washington freeway

Workers had cleared all the wrecked train cars blocking a major West Coast highway by Wednesday morning, two days after the Amtrak train derailed in Washington state while speeding onto a bridge, state transportation officials said. It took about a day longer than hoped, but ...

Business Jul 21, 2017

Musk tweets he got verbal OK to start work on New York-Washington underground 'hyperloop'

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday said he had received "verbal" approval to start building a high-speed underground transport system linking New York and Washington that could cut travel time between the cities to about half an hour. Musk, the chief executive of electric car ...

World May 18, 2015

Amtrak engineer didn't report windshield strike before crash but conductor hints at radio reference

U.S. federal investigators have found no record that the engineer of the Amtrak commuter train that crashed in Philadelphia last week reported an object hit his locomotive in the minutes before it derailed, a U.S. official said on Sunday. The comment by Robert Sumwalt, a ...

World May 14, 2015

Amtrak train in Philadelphia derailment was traveling at over twice speed limit

An Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven people, was barreling into a curved stretch of track at 100 miles per hour, over twice the speed limit, when the engineer slammed on the brakes, U.S. investigators said on Wednesday. While the cause of Tuesday ...