Archive for February 5, 2018
NTSB: Switch was in wrong position at the time of fatal Amtrak crash in South Carolina; PTC could have prevented accident
(Source: Associated Press, February 5, 2018) CAYCE, S.C. — Federal investigators are trying to figure out why a switch was in the wrong position, sending an Amtrak train into a freight train and killing a conductor and an engineer in South Carolina. Full story: www.time.com Monday, February 05, 2018
Read MoreTwo Amtrak crew members killed in South Carolina train crash; 116 injured
(Source: CBS News, February 4, 2018) CAYCE, S.C. — At least two people were killed and 116 others injured when a train traveling from New York to Miami struck a freight train Sunday morning, authorities said. The crash left thousands of gallons of oil spilled at the scene near Columbia, South Carolina. The two victims…
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