Amtrak 188 derailment

Today marks one year since a speeding Amtrak train derailed in Port Richmond, killing eight people and injuring more than 200

The mandate from the Federal Railroad Administration suggests the veteran Amtrak workers may not have known the track was being reopened to train traffic.

If you were paying attention to photos of the Amtrak derailment — or watching live media briefings — you might have noticed a certain, oddly-named storefront showing up.

Positive Train Control (PTC) would have prevented Amtrak 188 from derailing Tuesday, National Transportation Safety Board lead investigator Robert Sumwalt said this week.

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"It felt like being inside of a dryer. If you were like a load of laundry. Like it was rolling over. And when it stopped I was looking up at chairs."

As investigators try to make sense of the Amtrak 188 derailment, longtime residents may be reminded of a passenger railroad accident that took place a mere mile away in 1943.

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A seventh person has been found dead in the aftermath of the Amtrak train derailment on Tuesday night.

Details are starting to emerge about those who died in Tuesday night's Amtrak derailment in Port Richmond.

Amtrak 188 should have slowed from about 65 mph to 50 mph before entering the curve where it derailed. Federal investigators are exploring whether that happened.