U.S., Arizona: 25 years later, Sunset Limited mystery still unsolved

By Gary Nelson, Contributor, San Tan Sun News; September 24, 2020 A little before midnight on Sunday, Oct. 8, 1995,…

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Canada: Hudson Bay Railway freight train derailment near Ponton kills one crew member and seriously injures another

From The Thompson Citizen; September 16, 2018 A 38-year-old man died and a 59-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries in a…

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Orange Park, Florida Amtrak conductor dies in southbound Silver Star train crash in Cayce, South Carolina

By Staff, News4Jax.com; February 4, 2018 CAYCE, S.C. – An Orange Park man was one of two men killed and…

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NTSB: Amtrak engineer activated emergency brake before train hit truck in Crozet, Virginia

By Lori Aratani and Martine Powers, The Washington Post; February 1, 2018 Federal investigators said Thursday that data gathered from…

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NTSB Launches Go-Team to Investigate Today’s Amtrak Accident

A press release from the National Transportation Safety Board: WASHINGTON (Jan. 31, 2018) — The National Transportation Safety Board has…

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One person killed when Amtrak train in Crozet, Virginia carrying GOP lawmakers to retreat collides with truck

By Hawes Spencer, Martine Powers, Faiz Siddiqui and Ed O’Keefe, The Washington Post; January 31, 2018 CROZET, Va. — One…

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New Jersey Transit official warned feds of staffing crisis 2 months before Hoboken crash

By Curtis Tate, NorthJersey.com; November 10, 2017 A top official at NJ Transit wrote a letter to federal safety regulators warning them about…

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