Train Accidents

Available data documented by the website Statista indicates 862 rail fatalities in train accidents in 2019. This compares to 806 rail fatalities in 2018. Total deaths illustrate that a “small problem” involving a one 1/4-mile-long train composed of 100 to 173 cars is a big deal. The length and weight of the train mean that it may take this behemoth over 1 mile of train tracks for it to come to a complete stop once the engineer applies the emergency braking system. Even a minor incident involving a train can result in fatalities because trains are estimated to kill one person roughly...

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AMTRAK TRAIN ACCIDENT LAWYERS | ACTION LEGAL GROUP

Three people were killed, and fifty more people were injured in a weekend Amtrak Derailment in Montana. Roughly 141 passengers and 16 members of the crew were on board when the derailment happened near Joplin, Montana late on September 24, 2021. The train itself consisted of two locomotives and 10 passenger cars, on train tracks operated by BNSF Railway. Joplin, Montana is about 200 miles north of Helena. This well-known train is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train that operates daily between Chicago and Portland or Seattle. Introduced in 1929, the Empire Builder was the flagship passenger train for the Great Northern Railway...

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