Amtrak 501

• Rail buffs killed in Amtrak train derailment couldn’t wait for faster trains

  The two pals hopped on an Amtrak train together Monday, becoming some of the first passengers to take the maiden voyage of a faster route between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle.

  World

  Dec 19, 2017
  
• Mexico journalist shot dead at Christmas celebration at son’s school

  Attackers burst into an elementary school where a Christmas party was taking place and shot reporter Gumaro Perez to death Tuesday.

  Crime

  Dec 20, 2017
  
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• Investigators looking into whether Amtrak engineer was distracted, official says

  Investigators are looking into whether the Amtrak engineer was distracted by the presence of an employee-in-training in the locomotive that derailed near Seattle, which was traveling 80 mph in a 30 mph zone.

  World

  Dec 19, 2017
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• Amtrak train derailment: What we know and don’t know about the crash

  Here's what we know and don't know about Monday's Amtrak train derailment in Washington state.

  World

  Dec 19, 2017
• ‘We need EMS ASAP’: conductor tells dispatcher following Amtrak train derailment

  It was not immediately clear what caused the train to derail.

  World

  Dec 18, 2017
• Amtrak train derailment: Here’s why trains don’t have seatbelts

  Airplanes have them. Cars have them. Why don't trains come with seatbelts?

  World

  Dec 18, 2017
• Amtrak derailment: Local mayor issued grave warning weeks before deadly incident

  Two weeks before the derailment Lakewood Mayor Don Anderson told Washington state transportation officials that the yet-to-be-launched high-speed train endangered citizens.

  World

  Dec 18, 2017
• 3 killed as Amtrak train derails south of Seattle; was travelling at 80 mph in a 30 zone, says NTSB

  One of the train cars is still hanging from an overpass near Dupont, which is southwest of Seattle. Another train car has fallen to the I-5 below.

  World

  Dec 18, 2017