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Amtrak Cascades Derails at Steilacoom

Amtrak Cascades Derails at Steilacoom

Only minor injuries reported when an Amtrak Cascades train derailed Sunday afternoon at the Chambers Bay drawbridge near Steilacoom, Wash. All 267 passengers were accounted for and transported to Tacoma by bus. Crews worked through the night to reopen the tracks through the area located 45 miles north of Seattle. The investigation into the derailment is ongoing.

—Passenger Train Journal

This article was posted on: July 3, 2017