The emergency brake on Amtrak train 501 was automatically activated in a train derailment near DuPont early Monday morning. Bella Dinh-Zarr with the National Transportation Safety Board said in a news ...

The lack of emergency brake activation by the train’s engineer was revealed Tuesday afternoon in a news conference held by the National Transportation Safety Board. Explore>> Related: What is Positive ...

DUPONT, Wash. (AP) - Investigators are looking into whether the Amtrak engineer whose speeding train plunged off an overpass, killing at least three people, was distracted by the presence of an ...

An emergency track-side braking system activated but failed to stop a Chicago commuter train from jumping the tracks and barreling to the top of an escalator at O’Hare International Airport, a federal ...

On Feb. 3, nearly 50 train cars, including some carrying hazardous materials, derailed in a fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio. Following the crash, officials conducted a controlled burn of some of ...