Would she ride Amtrak again? Reporter recounts cross-country 'once-in-a-lifetime trek'
It can sometimes be cheaper to take a train compared to flying or driving. But was it worth it for this reporter?
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It can sometimes be cheaper to take a train compared to flying or driving. But was it worth it for this reporter?
The National Transportation Safety Board announced Thursday that “poor track conditions” led to an Amtrak derailment near Joplin in September 2021, killing three and injuring scores more.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Poor track conditions that should have been flagged by a freight railroad company’s inspectors caused the derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana that killed three
Three people were killed and dozens injured when Amtrak’s ‘Empire Builder’ derailed near Joplin, Mont., in September 2021.
Poor track conditions that should have been flagged by a freight railroad company’s inspectors caused the derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana that killed three people and injured 49 others in 2021, federal investigators said Thursday in a final report. The severity of the injuries were made worse by the Amtrak train’s lack of seatbelts and windows that weren’t strong enough to keep passengers from being ejected when the train derailed, the National Transportation Safety Board found. It was traveling on tracks owned by BNSF Railway.