UPDATE: Human error caused the Amtrak passenger train to derail as it headed north in Washington state. An Amtrak spokesperson said the train failed to slow down to 40 mph while approaching the Chambers Bay drawbridge and as a result, a special switch was activated that sent the locomotive, baggage car and four passenger cars off the track. The train engineer has been removed from his job.
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Trains are again moving in Washington state after an Amtrak that links Vancouver to Oregon derailed south of Seattle on Sunday afternoon.
Four cars tipped off the tracks near Puget Sound, which left several passengers with minor injuries.
Passengers on board the train reported feeling a shuttering, the brakes being engaged and everything suddenly being tilted.
The cascades train normally operates between Vancouver and Eugene, Oregon.
It is still unclear what caused the train to come off the tracks.
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