An Acela from DC to Boston was disconnected from two of it's own cars in transit. No injuries
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Amtrak-No-One-Injured-After-Cars-Separate-From-Acela-Train-472981443.html
On Sunday, an Amtrak from NY to Miami crashed into a freight train, 2 dead.
Last Wednesday, a chartered Amtrak hit a garbage truck, killing 1
December, a passenger train in Washington state derails going 50 over it's speed limit, 3 dead.
What the hell is going on over there?
Yeah that was Amtrak also I believe
Stay safe everyone.
That was the Wednesday incident, yeah. Hit a garbage truck.
How long it takes for a passenger train to stop depends on how fast it was going, and how many cars it has. I just Googled - an eight-car passenger train moving at 80 miles an hour takes a full mile to stop once you apply the emergency brake.
Let's hope that happens and the sociopath politicians don't fuck it up.
This,
There have been two recent Amtrak crashes with vehicles. In both cases, the vehicles tried to drive around closed crossing gates. Unsuccessfully I might add.
I'm not sure when exactly NJ did this but def the last 10 years or so and it feels safer approaching more rural train tracks without slowing down as much due to the trust in these new signals