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The Southwest Chief (formerly the Southwest Limited and Super Chief) is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2,265-mile (3,645 km) route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flagstaff mostly on the BNSF's Southern Transcon, but branches off between Albuquerque and Kansas City via the Topeka, La Junta, Raton, and ...
On June 27, 2022, the Southwest Chief, a passenger train operated by Amtrak, derailed near the small town of Mendon, Missouri.The derailment was caused by the train striking a dump truck that was obstructing the crossing of County Road 113, about three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Mendon.
Sep. 14—New Mexico's longest Amtrak route, the Southwest Chief, will not run for the foreseeable future as the railroad company grapples with a labor dispute, an Amtrak spokesperson confirmed ...
Amtrak: Annual ridership: 141,722 (FY 24) 23.8% [a] [1] Route; Termini: Chicago, Illinois Quincy, Illinois: Stops: 8: Distance travelled: 258 miles (415 km) Average journey time: 4 hours, 21 minutes [2] Service frequency: Two daily round trips: Train number(s) 380–383: On-board services; Class(es) Reserved Coach and Business Class: Seating ...
Isaac Berken, 15, was watching the apocalyptic train movie “Snowpiercer” as Amtrak’s Southwest Chief crashed and derailed. ‘This is some James Bond s***!’: Boy Scout finds courage during ...
Amtrak by the Numbers: A Comprehensive Passenger Car and Motive Power Roster – 1971–2011. Kansas City, Missouri: White River Productions. ISBN 978-1-932804-12-6. Solomon, Brian (2004). Amtrak. Saint Paul, Minnesota: MBI. ISBN 978-0-7603-1765-5. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Minutes later, Amtrak's Sunset Limited derailed at high speed on the misaligned track and plunges into the water, causing an enormous fuel spill and fire that killed 47 people in Amtrak's deadliest accident. November 2 - Indonesia - 20 people were killed and 200 people were injured after 2 commuter train collided head-on in Ratujaya, near Depok ...
The very short summary of the quartet's meet-up: Page, who'd made a name for himself in the Yardbirds, decided in 1968 to form his own band to push the envelope of British blues; John Paul Jones ...