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Editorial: Preventable Amtrak crashes are a national problem and also a serious issue for Chicago

Crashes involving Amtrak trains appear rare. But the reality, especially west of Chicago, is that Amtrak trains themselves are infrequent. They run just three or four times a day to most Midwestern destinations. The great long-distance trains that head out west from Chicago — they have names like the Empire…

Chicago Tribune · Jul 1, 2022

Missouri agency never contacted railroad to review crossing, site of deadly Amtrak crash

MENDON, Mo. — In March 2021, a small group of men met at a rural railroad crossing in northern Missouri that locals had long been complaining about because of its steep grade and lack of visibility.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2022

Amtrak was going at 87mph before collision in Missouri, says investigators

NTSB chairwoman acknowledged issues with railway crossing

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022

Boy Scout, 15, held dying truck driver’s hand after escaping derailed Amtrak train in Missouri

The Wisconsin teen said waiting for emergency crews felt like ‘a lifetime’

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

‘Oh, my God’: Witness describes seeing Amtrak crash from her porch

On Monday afternoon, Shannon Jacobs was sitting on the front porch of her home here with her daughter and 1-year old grandson when she noticed an Amtrak train coming by.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2022

NTSB investigators look into fatal Missouri Amtrak accident

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are in Missouri trying to determine how an Amtrak train carrying more than 200 people slammed into a dump truck, killing two train passengers and the truck driver

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022

Crossing where deadly Amtrak crash unfolded was on a safety upgrade to-do list: report

The rural Missouri railroad crossing where an Amtrak train struck a dump truck before becoming derailed, an incident that killed three and injured dozens on Monday, is among several where potential safety hazards had already been identified in a recent statewide report.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2022

Farmer says deadly Amtrak derailment in Missouri ‘was going to happen’ after raising safety alarm

On Monday, three people were killed and 50 injured when an Amtrak train hit a dump truck at a railroad crossing

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022

Amtrak derailment: Mother and aunt among four dead as Boy Scouts recall bloody scene in Missouri

The train was on its way to Chicago from Los Angeles when the accident occurred

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022

Missouri train derailment: Three killed and dozens injured in Amtrak train collision

Driver and two passengers lose lives in train derailment in Missouri

Evening Standard · Jun 28, 2022