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DUPONT, Wash. — An Amtrak train that derailed south of Seattle and killed at least three people was going 81 mph moments before it entered a curve where the recommended speed tops out at 30 mph ...
The National Transportation Safety Board says a train that derailed in New York City was traveling 82 mph as it approached a 30 mph zone.
A 15-year-old boy struck and killed by a train Thursday afternoon as he walked on the tracks, may have seen it coming at the last minute. But, deputies believe, he wasn’t able to jump free in time.
An Amtrak train on its inaugural ride on a new line in Washington Monday was reportedly supposed to slow down entering the curve where the train derailed, leaving at least three dead and 100 injured.
NYC train derailment 9 photos Some of the roughly 150 passengers on the early morning Metro-North train from suburban Poughkeepsie to Manhattan were jolted awake around 7:20 a.m. to screams and ...
The train was traveling at 106 mph as it entered a curve where the speed limit is just 50 mph, Robert Sumwalt, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, said Wednesday.
An Amtrak train involved in a fatal crash in Philadelphia was traveling at more than 100 miles an hour, twice the speed limit, as it entered a sharp curve where it derailed Tuesday night.