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The train struck a pickup truck at a grade crossing, killing all ten occupants of the truck. RHR-78-2 June 9, 1978 Montrealer: Seabrook, Maryland: Train collision 0 176 A Conrail commuter train collided with the rear end of the Amtrak train. RAR-79-3 March 28, 1979 Empire Builder: Lohman, Montana: Derailment 0 48 The train derailed due to a ...
At about 12:12 a.m. on August 28, 1991, 34 minutes after leaving Woodlawn, Ray's erratic operation of the train finally led to disaster, as the train heading southbound with approximately 216 passengers, going at nearly 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), too fast for a tripcock to stop the train in time, derailed at the pocket track north of the 14th ...
Map of the train's position following the derailment Aerial view of the derailed train. At about 9:10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, Amtrak's northbound Northeast Regional No. 188 led by Amtrak ACS-64 601 departed Philadelphia's 30th Street Station en route to New York City from Washington D.C. [2] [10] [11] The train consisted of seven cars hauled by a year-old Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS)-64 ...
Amtrak's Superliner is a two-story train fleet that runs on routes west of Chicago and New Orleans, including the California Zephyr. The cars are roughly 30 to 50 years old, and Amtrak plans to ...
I took the Amtrak Winter Park Express, also called the "Ski Train," from Denver to Winter Park. The affordable two-hour train ride was pleasant and had wonderful views. I loved dodging traffic and ...
October 3 – Ireland – A passenger train and a freight train collided head-on at Arklow, County Wicklow, injuring 29 people. [99] October 12 - United States - Harvey, Illinois train collision: The Amtrak Shawnee collided head-on into a stopped Illinois Central Gulf freight train, and derailed, killing two people and injuring 38.
Amtrak President Roger Harris speaks in front of the first Amtrak Airo train car at the Siemens Mobility manufacturing facility in Sacramento on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.
The train consisted of an EMD F40PH-2C diesel locomotive (#1073), similar to the Amtrak locomotives, six passenger coaches, and a control car. The train operated in push mode, meaning that the locomotive was on the rear of the train and the locomotive engineer controlled operations from the control car in the front. At the time of the accident ...