Amtrak
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Via Rail said lengthy delays on its flagship train were an international ‘embarrassment’Via Rail says delays are so 'terrible' that it can no longer offer viable transportation options for residents in many Canadian regions.InvestigationsMar 10, 2020
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Senior escapes serious injury after Amtrak passenger train collides with car in VancouverAccording to police, the man's vehicle was driving over the crossing when the collision took place.Jan 9, 2020
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90-year-old, hand-controlled track switching system at Toronto’s Union Station being replacedAfter almost a century of utilizing a complex system of manually controlled levers to operate the switches and signals for tracks at Union Station, Metrolinx staff say a computerized system is now needed for future growth.CanadaDec 12, 2019
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Mudslide cuts key rail link between B.C., Washington stateAmtrak service between Bellingham and Vancouver has been suspended until Sunday due to the slide.Jan 4, 2019
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Amtrak train from Montreal to New York breaks in 2, strands passengers on U.S. Thanksgiving eveU.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.NewsNov 22, 2018
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2 dead after vehicle drives into path of Amtrak train in North CarolinaMedia organizations reported that the victims were a couple who appeared to be in their 60s.WorldJan 14, 2018
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Rail buffs killed in Amtrak train derailment couldn’t wait for faster trainsThe 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.WorldDec 19, 2017
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81-year-old Amtrak survivor says train derailment felt like an explosionOne survivor of the Amtrak Train 501 derailment says the moment the train went off the tracks felt like an explosion.WorldDec 19, 2017
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Investigators looking into whether Amtrak engineer was distracted, official saysInvestigators 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.WorldDec 19, 2017
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Amtrak train derailment: What we know and don’t know about the crashHere's what we know and don't know about Monday's Amtrak train derailment in Washington state.WorldDec 19, 2017
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