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Railroad industry news about: National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, Amtrak, fatal train derailment, Joplin, Montana, poor track conditions, BNSF Railway Co., NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy, NTSB recommendations, Federal Railroad Administration. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine
There were 154 passengers on board when the westbound Empire Builder derailed. Donald Varnadoe, Marjorie Varnadoe, and Zack Schneider died.
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.
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A derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana that killed three people in 2021 was caused by a poor track conditions at the accident site, federal investigators said in a