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On December 18, 2017, Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501 derailed near DuPont, Washington, United States. The National Transportation Safety Board 's (NTSB) final report said regional transit authority Sound Transit failed to take steps to mitigate a curve at the accident location, and inadequately trained the train engineer.
Dec 18, 2017 · Dec. 18, 2017. DUPONT, Wash. — [Update: Here is the latest article on the Amtrak derailment.] A passenger train on a newly opened Amtrak route jumped the tracks on an overpass south of Tacoma...
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Dec 18, 2017 · DuPont, Washington CNN —. At least three people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Washington state, DuPont Fire Chief Larry Creekmore said...
May 30, 2021 · The crash on Dec. 18, 2017, killed three rail enthusiasts and injured 65 other people — Washington state’s worst passenger train disaster since 1910, when 96 people perished in a trackside...
Dec 18, 2017 · December 18, 201712:01 PM ET. Colin Dwyer. 12-Minute Listen. Playlist. Enlarge this image. An Amtrak train derailed south of Seattle and fell partly onto Interstate 5, where authorities...
Dec 19, 2017 · DuPont, Washington CNN — Two of the three passengers who died when an Amtrak train derailed while traveling along a route for the first time were enthusiastic advocates for travel by trains,...
On December 18, 2017, at 7:34 a.m. Pacific standard time, southbound Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) passenger train 501, consisting of 10 passenger railcars, a power railcar, a baggage railcar, and a locomotive at either end, derailed from a bridge near DuPont, Washington.
