Amtrak suspends San Diego-Los Angeles service due to shifting ground

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Admin

Metrolink also suspends trains because ground underneath stretch of seaside track in southern California has shifted

Metrolink and Amtrak have suspended train services linking San Diego to Los Angeles – along with the rest of the US – because ground underneath a stretch of seaside track in southern California has shifted, according to officials.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Friday that service has been suspended indefinitely in the community of San Clemente, on the border of Orange and San Diego counties.

Three people killed as Amtrak train hits dump truck and derails in Missouri

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Admin

Southwest Chief train crash left at least 40 injured in remote rural area, according to unconfirmed reports

Three people were killed and several others were injured when a passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck and derailed in a remote, rural area of Missouri on Monday, officials said.

Two of the people who died were on the train and one was in the truck, Missouri state highway patrol spokesman Corporal Justin Dunn said. It was not immediately clear exactly how many people were hurt, the patrol said, but hospitals reported receiving more than 40 patients from the crash and were expecting more.

Three killed as Amtrak train collides with car at ‘dangerous’ crossing in California

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Admin

The crossing at the rural site did not have guard rails or a train signal and neighbors had complained of safety issues in the past

An Amtrak train in California collided with a vehicle at an unprotected crossing along a rural dirt road on Sunday, leaving three people dead and at least two others injured.

Authorities said the passenger train was traveling westbound when it struck a sedan crossing the tracks near Brentwood, California, about 60 miles east of San Francisco, around 1pm. The crash sent the vehicle into a parked SUV roughly 60ft away, the East Bay Times reported.

At least three killed in Amtrak train derailment in Montana

Posted on September 26, 2021 by Admin

The cause of the accident was not immediately clear and federal safety authorities will investigate

At least three people were killed on Saturday afternoon when an Amtrak train that runs between Seattle and Chicago derailed in north-central Montana, toppling several cars onto their sides, authorities said.

The westbound Empire Builder train derailed at about 4pm near Joplin, a town of about 200, Amtrak spokesman Jason Abrams said. The accident scene is about 150 miles north-east of Helena and about 30 miles from the border with Canada.