Person Struck By Amtrak Train In Delco
Amtrak confirms a train collided with a person while traveling from Washington DC to New York City Friday morning.
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Amtrak confirms a train collided with a person while traveling from Washington DC to New York City Friday morning.
The lawsuits are piling up against Amtrak for two deadly derailments in the Philadelphia area.
Septa has now released, for the first time, a series of pictures showing damage to one of its trains pelted by a hail of rocks.
Rich discussed the role PA will play in the upcoming election, drinking on the boardwalk in AC and the latest news regarding the Amtrak derailment. He also discussed Hillary Clinton battling a heckler, President Obama's defense of transgender bathrooms and high schools banning flags. Rich spoke with Gov. Ed Rendell at 4:20pm.
The engineer of an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia last year, killing eight people, went "from distraction to disaster" in a matter of seconds.
The oldest survivor of last year's deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia struggled to accept how severely his injuries had limited him.
U.S. Senator Bob Casey says it's time to look ahead at the future of rail travel in America.
Survivors remember how their lives were changed, one year ago.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the AMTRAK 188 derailment in Frankford that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others.
The Federal Railroad Administration order suggests the workers killed Sunday may not have been told the track was being reopened to train traffic.
Community members and the mayor of Chester react to the deadly train crash on Sunday.
Engineering Professor Allan Zarembski says communication issues likely caused the deadly Amtrak crash.
Investigators looking into the collision aren't saying very much at this point.
This latest deadly Amtrak accident has several lawmakers calling on the transit agency to review their safety procedures yet again.
Due to the ongoing investigation of the Amtrak accident, Amtrak and SEPTA trains will be sharing 1 & 4 tracks. 2 & 3 tracks will remain out of service for the morning rush.
The incident happened at the Chester Transportation Center just before 10 a.m.
Spokesman Mike Tolbert says during the pilot program 46-hundred pets took to the rails adding nearly $500,000 to the budget
That draft will be on public view at an open house at the station from 4:00 to 7:00 tonight.
Sheera Lowe boarded the train in Kannapolis, North Carolina and began experiencing contractions on Saturday evening just after the train left Penn Station, in Baltimore.
Small dogs and cats may be allowed on trains with you if they meet the guidelines.
In his first interview with the NTSB, Amtrak 188 engineer Brandon Bostian tells investigators that his last memory from that night was "turning on the bell" while "approaching and passing the platforms in North Philadelphia."
Eight people died and more than 200 were hurt in the derailment near the Frankford Junction in May.
The incident happened one day before federal investigators were set to release thousands of pages of documents and evidence related to the probe of the deadly derailment of Amtrak train 188 in May.
Eight months after a deadly Amtrak derailment, federal investigators are poised to release evidence and reports that could help clear up the mystery of why the train streaked into a sharp curve at double the speed limit.
Investigators think the engineer may have been distracted by radio chatter from other train operators when the train jumped the tracks in Frankford.
