Amtrak Train

• South Surrey, B.C. landslide halts Amtrak service to Seattle

  Amtrak said the slide happened on Wednesday night and as a result, BNSF has place a 48-hour moratorium on passenger service between Seattle and Vancouver.

  Traffic

  Dec 19, 2024
  
• Amtrak train bound for Seattle hits pedestrian just after leaving Vancouver

  It happened on the north train tracks near Rupert Street between East Broadway and Grandview Highway around 5 p.m. on Sunday as the train was leaving Vancouver.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2024
  
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• Amtrak engineer survives train’s collision with tree during bomb cyclone

  The engineer in the cabin was taken to the hospital but none of the passengers were injured and the train still had lights, heat and food service, Amtrak said.

  Weather

  Nov 21, 2024
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• Amtrak resuming 2nd daily round-trip between Vancouver, Seattle in March

  Amtrak suspended the route for more than two years at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and resumed limited service with a single daily trip in September. 

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2023
• Amtrak train from Montreal to New York breaks in 2, strands passengers on U.S. Thanksgiving eve

  U.S.-bound travellers were left briefly stranded after an Amtrak train from Montreal to New York City separated into two on the eve of U.S. Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year.

  News

  Nov 22, 2018
• 2 dead, 70 hurt after Amtrak passenger train collides with freight train in S.Carolina

  Amtrak says the lead engine and a few passenger cars derailed on Amtrak 91, which was operating from New York to Miami.

  Consumer

  Feb 4, 2018
• 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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• 81-year-old Amtrak survivor says train derailment felt like an explosion

  One survivor of the Amtrak Train 501 derailment says the moment the train went off the tracks felt like an explosion.

  World

  Dec 19, 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